Shloka 31
तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः
Instruction on the Cessation of Craving
द्वद्धारामेषु सर्वेषु य एको रमते मुनि: । परेषामननुध्यायंस्तं देवा ब्राह्म॒णं विदु:
dvandvārāmeṣu sarveṣu ya eko ramate muniḥ | pareṣām ananudhyāyaṁs taṁ devā brāhmaṇaṁ viduḥ ||
શીત-ઉષ્ણ વગેરે સર્વ દ્વંદ્વોના ઉપવનોમાં જે મુનિ એકલો જ આનંદથી રહે છે અને બીજાઓનું ચિંતન કરતો નથી—દેવતાઓ તેને બ્રહ્મજ્ઞ બ્રાહ્મણ માને છે।
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
A true spiritual person remains inwardly content amid life’s opposites (heat/cold, pleasure/pain) and does not fixate on others; such self-contained equanimity is presented as the mark of a real brāhmaṇa (Brahman-knower).
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation and right conduct, Kapila speaks as a teacher, defining who deserves the title ‘brāhmaṇa’ not by birth or ritual alone but by inner steadiness and freedom from mental preoccupation with others.