Shloka 35

परिव्राजक-आचारः (Conduct of the Wandering Renunciant) — Mahābhārata, Śānti-parva 269

Devanagari script

कपिल उवाच परिग्रहा: शुभा: सर्वे गुणतो<5भ्युदयाश्व ये । नतु त्यागसुखं प्राप्ता एतत्‌ त्वमपि पश्यसि,कपिलजीने कहा--जिनका सात्त्विक गुणसे प्राकट्य हुआ है, ऐसे सभी परिग्रह शुभ हैं; परंतु त्यागमें जो सुख है, उसे इनमेंसे कोई भी नहीं पा सके हैं। इस बातको तुम भी देखते ही हो

Translation

Kapila said: “All forms of acquisition that arise from the sattvic quality are, in their own way, auspicious. Yet none of them attains the happiness found in renunciation. You too can see this.”

Word by Word

कपिलःKapila

उवाचsaid

परिग्रहाःpossessions/attachments

शुभाःauspicious/good

सर्वेall

गुणतःin terms of qualities

अभ्युदयाःprosperities/advantages

चand

येwhich/that (those which)

नnot

तुbut/however

त्यागसुखम्the happiness of renunciation

प्राप्ताःhaving attained

एतत्this

त्वम्you

अपिalso/even

पश्यसिyou see

Speaker

कपिल उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes