Shloka 43
प्रीतश्च भगवान् ज्ञानं ददौ मम भवान्तकम् | “तत्पश्चात् वहाँ सांख्यके आचार्य देवसम्मानित कपिलने कहा--“मैंने भी अनेक जन्मोंतक भक्तिभावसे भगवान् शंकरकी आराधना की थी। इससे प्रसन्न होकर भगवानने मुझे भवभयनाशक ज्ञान प्रदान किया था”,सावर्णस्य मनो: सर्गे सप्तर्षिश्न भविष्यति । वेदानां च स वै वक्ता कुरुवंशकरस्तथा
prītaś ca bhagavān jñānaṃ dadau mama bhavāntakam | tatpaścāt sa vai sāṅkhyake ācāryaḥ devasammānitaḥ kapila uvāca— mayāpi anekajanmāntaraṃ bhaktibhāvena bhagavataḥ śaṅkarasya ārādhanā kṛtā | tena prasannaḥ bhagavān me bhavabhayanāśakaṃ jñānaṃ pradadau | sāvarṇasya manoḥ sarge saptarṣiś ca bhaviṣyati | vedānāṃ ca sa vai vaktā kuruvaṃśakaraḥ tathā ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Pleased, the Blessed Lord granted me the knowledge that ends the fear of worldly becoming. Thereafter Kapila, the Sāṅkhya teacher—honoured even by the gods—declared: “I too, through many births, worshipped Lord Śaṅkara with devotion. Being satisfied, the Lord bestowed on me the knowledge that destroys the fear of saṃsāra. In the creation-cycle of Sāvarṇa Manu, he will be among the Seven Seers; he will also be a teacher of the Vedas and a founder of the Kuru lineage as well.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Devotion (bhakti) to Śaṅkara culminates in liberating knowledge (jñāna) that destroys fear of saṃsāra; spiritual authority is grounded in both practice (worship across lives) and realized insight.
Vaiśampāyana reports that the Lord granted him fear-destroying knowledge; then Kapila, the revered Sāṅkhya teacher, recounts his own long devotion to Śiva and the resulting gift of liberating knowledge, along with a prophetic note about roles in Sāvarṇa Manu’s era (as a saptarṣi and Vedic teacher connected with the Kuru line).