Shloka 47
तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः
Instruction on the Cessation of Craving
भवन्तो5पि च हृष्यन्ति शोचन्ति च यथा वयम् । इन्द्रियार्थाश्ष भवतां समाना: सर्वजन्तुषु
bhavanto 'pi ca hṛṣyanti śocanti ca yathā vayam | indriyārthāś ca bhavatāṃ samānāḥ sarvajantuṣu ||
Kapila dit : « Vous aussi, tout comme nous, vous éprouvez joie et peine. Les objets des sens—le son, le toucher et les autres—se présentent à vous de la même manière qu’à tous les êtres vivants. »
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Kapila emphasizes the universality of embodied experience: even those who consider themselves distinct are subject to the same sensory stimuli and the same emotional dualities of pleasure and grief. This supports an ethical-spiritual move toward detachment and self-knowledge rather than pride in status or identity.
In Kapila’s discourse in the Śānti Parva, he addresses his interlocutors by pointing out that they, like all beings, react with happiness and sorrow and encounter the same sense-objects. The statement functions as a corrective to exceptionalism and a lead-in to teachings on controlling the senses and understanding the self.