Shloka 8
तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः
Instruction on the Cessation of Craving
प्रजनाद्यभिनिर्वत्ता: सर्वे प्राणभृतो जना: । प्रजनं चाप्युतान्यत्र न कथंचन विद्यते
prajānādy-abhinirvṛttāḥ sarve prāṇabhṛto janāḥ | prajanaṃ cāpy utānyatra na kathaṃcana vidyate ||
Kapila dit : Tous les êtres porteurs de vie naissent de la procréation et, dès l’origine de leur lignée, goûtent aux satisfactions liées aux enfants. Pourtant, engendrer une descendance ne s’obtient pas réellement par une autre voie ; cela n’est dûment assuré que par le mode de vie du maître de maison.
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Kapila emphasizes that procreation is the natural source of living lineages, and that the proper, dharmic means for begetting offspring is the gṛhastha (householder) āśrama rather than other modes of life.
In the Śānti Parva’s instructional dialogue, Kapila is presenting a doctrinal point about āśrama-dharma: he links the continuation of beings through offspring with the ethical-social role of household life.