Shloka 36

तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः

Instruction on the Cessation of Craving

Devanagari script

अशवनुवन्तश्नरितुं किंचिद्‌ धर्मेषु सूत्रितम्‌ । निरापद्धर्म आचारो हाप्रमादो5परा भव:,प्रवृत्तिमार्गी मनुष्य योगशास्त्रके सूत्रोंमें कथित यम-नियमादिका अनुष्ठान नहीं कर सकते। वह यौगिक आचार आपत्तिशून्य, प्रमादरहित है। वह कामादिसे पराभवको नहीं प्राप्त होता है

Translation

Kapila said: People who pursue the outward path of activity cannot carry out the yamas and niyamas and other observances set forth in the sūtras of the Yoga-śāstra. That yogic discipline is free from peril and free from heedlessness; it is not overcome by desire and the like.

Word by Word

अशक्नुवन्तःbeing unable

अनुवन्तःfollowing/observing (reading uncertain)

श्नरितुम्to do/perform (reading uncertain)

किञ्चित्anything; even a little

धर्मेषुin/among duties (dharmas)

सूत्रितम्set forth in aphorisms; codified

निरापत्-धर्मःhaving a dharma free from calamity (non-emergency rule)

आचारःconduct; discipline

अप्रमादःnon-negligence; vigilance

अपराnot other; not inferior (reading uncertain in context)

भवःbecoming; existence (reading uncertain in context)

Speaker

कपिल उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes