Shloka 68
तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः
Instruction on the Cessation of Craving
तत्त्वं वदस्व मे ब्रह्मुन्नुपसन्नो 5स्म्यधीहि भो: । यथा ते विदितो मोक्षस्तथेच्छाम्युपशिक्षितुम्
tattvaṃ vadasva me brahmann upasanno 'smy adhīhi bhoḥ | yathā te vidito mokṣas tathecchāmy upaśikṣitum, brahman ||
কপিল বললেন—হে ব্রাহ্মণ, আমাকে তত্ত্বের কথা বলুন। আমি শিষ্যভাব নিয়ে আপনার শরণে এসেছি; অনুগ্রহ করে আমাকে শিক্ষা দিন। আপনার যেমন মোক্ষের জ্ঞান আছে, তেমনই আমি শিখতে চাই।
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse establishes the prerequisite for liberating knowledge: humble discipleship and a direct request for tattva (ultimate reality) and mokṣa (liberation). It frames mokṣa as a knowable truth transmitted through instruction from one who has realized it.
Kapila addresses a revered Brahman-teacher, declaring that he has approached as a disciple and asking to be taught the same understanding of liberation that the teacher possesses, setting up a philosophical instruction on mokṣa.