Shloka 22
तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः
Instruction on the Cessation of Craving
सर्वभूतात्मभूतस्य सर्वभूतानि पश्यत: । देवा5पि मार्गे मुहान्ति अपदस्य पदैषिण:
sarvabhūtātmabhūtasya sarvabhūtāni paśyataḥ | devā api mārge muhyanti apadasya padaiṣiṇaḥ ||
Même les dieux s’égarent lorsqu’ils cherchent à suivre la marche de ce connaissant devenu le Soi de tous les êtres et qui voit toutes les créatures à la lumière du Soi. Car un tel sage n’a point de « demeure » fixe que l’on puisse marquer ; ceux qui traquent ses empreintes—désireux de déterminer sa destination—sont déconcertés sur la voie.
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
A liberated knower is established in universal Selfhood—seeing all beings as the Self—and therefore cannot be grasped by ordinary measures such as status, destination, or outward marks. Even divine powers fail to ‘track’ such realization, emphasizing the transcendence of moksha over worldly and celestial attainments.
Kapila is instructing about the nature of the realized sage. He describes how even the gods, attempting to determine the sage’s ‘path’ or final state by searching for signs and traces, become confused—because the sage’s state is beyond conventional routes and identifiable positions.