Shloka 6
Vidyā–Avidyā and the Twenty-Fifth Principle
Sāṃkhya–Yoga Clarification
कृतार्थ भोगिनं मत्वा सर्वो रतिपरायण: । लाभं ग्राम्यसुखादन्यं रतितो नानुपश्यति
kṛtārtha-bhoginaṃ matvā sarvo rati-parāyaṇaḥ | lābhaṃ grāmya-sukhād anyaṃ ratito nānupaśyati ||
Al considerar “realizado” y pleno al que se entrega al goce de los sentidos, todos se vuelven enteramente devotos del placer. Por su apego a la satisfacción, no alcanzan a ver ganancia alguna más alta que las comodidades de la vida mundana y ordinaria.
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachment to sensual pleasure makes people mistake mere enjoyment for true success, blinding them to higher forms of benefit—ethical, spiritual, and liberating goods beyond ordinary worldly comfort.
Parāśara is instructing his listener in the Shanti Parva’s didactic mode, critiquing the common human tendency to idolize the ‘enjoyer’ as accomplished and to pursue pleasure as the highest aim, thereby overlooking superior goals.