Shloka 37
परिव्राजक-आचारः (Conduct of the Wandering Renunciant) — Mahābhārata, Śānti-parva 269
एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन विशेषो नात्र दृश्यते । तद् यथावद् यथान्यायं भगवान् प्रब्रवीतु मे
ekatvena pṛthaktvena viśeṣo nātra dṛśyate | tad yathāvad yathānyāyaṁ bhagavān prabravītu me |
কপিল বললেন—একত্বের দৃষ্টিতে হোক বা পৃথকত্বের দৃষ্টিতে, এখানে প্রকৃত কোনো ভেদ দেখা যায় না। অতএব ভগবান, যথাযথ ও ন্যায়সঙ্গতভাবে আমাকে ব্যাখ্যা করুন।
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a philosophical problem: when reality is described sometimes as one and sometimes as many, the seeker perceives no decisive difference unless a proper, reasoned explanation is given. It calls for a disciplined clarification of how unity and plurality (and by extension jñāna and karma) are to be understood without confusion.
In the Shanti Parva’s dialogue context, Kapila addresses a revered teacher (“Bhagavān”) and requests a precise, logically grounded account of the issue of oneness versus separateness—seeking guidance to resolve apparent contradictions in doctrine and practice.