Shloka 20
तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः
Instruction on the Cessation of Craving
कपिल उवाच दर्श च पौर्णमासं च अग्निहोत्रं च धीमत: । चातुर्मास्यानि चैवासंस्तेषु धर्म: सनातन:,कपिलजीने कहा--बुद्धिमान् पुरुषके लिये दर्श, पौर्णमास, अग्निहोत्र तथा चातुर्मास्य आदिके अनुष्ठानका विधान है; क्योंकि उनमें सनातनधर्मकी स्थिति है
kapila uvāca: darśaṁ ca paurṇamāsaṁ ca agnihotraṁ ca dhīmataḥ | cāturmāsyāni caivāsaṁs teṣu dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ ||
Kapila sprach: Dem Weisen sind die Observanzen der Neumond- und Vollmondriten, das tägliche Agnihotra sowie die jahreszeitlichen Cāturmāsya-Opfer geboten; denn in diesen Riten wird die ewige Ordnung des Dharma getragen und sichtbar gemacht.
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Kapila emphasizes that certain Vedic rites—new-moon and full-moon sacrifices, the daily Agnihotra, and the seasonal Cāturmāsya—are not mere formalities but supports of sanātana-dharma, sustaining an enduring moral and cosmic order through disciplined, prescribed action.
In the Śānti Parva’s instructional discourse, Kapila is explaining to his listener(s) the place of orthodox ritual duties within dharma, listing key sacrifices and stating that the eternal dharma is established in them.