Shloka 31
तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः
Instruction on the Cessation of Craving
द्वद्धारामेषु सर्वेषु य एको रमते मुनि: । परेषामननुध्यायंस्तं देवा ब्राह्म॒णं विदु:,जो मुनि शीत-उष्ण आदि सम्पूर्ण द्वन्धरूपी उपवनोंमें अकेला ही आनन्दपूर्वक रहता है और दूसरोंका चिन्तन नहीं करता, उसे देवतालोग ब्राह्मण (ब्रह्मज्ञानी) समझते हैं
dvandvārāmeṣu sarveṣu ya eko ramate muniḥ | pareṣām ananudhyāyaṁs taṁ devā brāhmaṇaṁ viduḥ ||
Kapila sprach: In allen Lusthainen der Gegensatzpaare—Hitze und Kälte und dergleichen—gilt der Weise, der allein Freude findet und nicht über andere grübelt, den Göttern als wahrer Brāhmaṇa, als Kenner des Brahman.
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
A true spiritual person remains inwardly content amid life’s opposites (heat/cold, pleasure/pain) and does not fixate on others; such self-contained equanimity is presented as the mark of a real brāhmaṇa (Brahman-knower).
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation and right conduct, Kapila speaks as a teacher, defining who deserves the title ‘brāhmaṇa’ not by birth or ritual alone but by inner steadiness and freedom from mental preoccupation with others.