Shloka 95
Atithi-satkāra and the Consolation of Wise Counsel (अतिथिसत्कारः प्रज्ञानवचनस्य च पराश्वासनम्)
विद्यासहायवन्तं मामादित्यस्थं सनातनम् | कपिल प्राहुराचार्या: सांख्या निश्चितनिश्चया:
vidyāsahāyavantaṁ mām ādityastheṁ sanātanam | kapila prāhur ācāryāḥ sāṅkhyā niścitaniscayāḥ ||
With Knowledge (vidyā) as my accompanying power, I abide eternally in the sphere of the Sun. The teachers of Sāṅkhya, steadfast in their discernment of truth, declare that ancient deity to be “Kapila.”
तामिन्द्र उवाच गच्छ नहुषस्त्वया वाच्योथ<पूर्वेण मामृषियुक्तेन यानेन त्वमधिरूढ
Educational Q&A
The verse links true philosophical discernment (Sāṅkhya’s settled conclusions about tattva) with a cosmic-theological identification: the eternal principle associated with knowledge is recognized as ‘Kapila’, situated in the solar sphere. It emphasizes that realized teachers name and recognize the eternal through disciplined insight.
Within the Shānti Parva’s reflective, didactic setting, a speaker presents an authoritative identification: Sāṅkhya teachers, confident in their conclusions, describe an eternal being—attended by Vidyā and abiding in the Sun—as Kapila. The line functions as a doctrinal affirmation rather than an action scene.