Shloka 11
निरासैरलसै: श्रान्तैस्तप्यमानै: स्वकर्मभि: । शमस्योपरमो दृष्ट: प्रत्रज्यायामपण्डितै:
nirāśair alasaiḥ śrāntais tapyamānaiḥ svakarmabhiḥ | śamasyoparamo dṛṣṭaḥ pravrajyāyām apaṇḍitaiḥ ||
Kapila berkata: “Orang-orang yang tidak bijak—tanpa śraddhā dan daya upaya, malas dan letih, serta tersiksa oleh buah perbuatan mereka sendiri—mengira bahwa ketenteraman hanya ada dalam sanyāsa. Berlindung pada jalan pengembara (parivrājaka), mereka menyatakan bahwa disiplin grihastha tidak memiliki ketenangan; padahal penilaian itu lahir dari kelemahan mereka sendiri, bukan dari hakikat dharma.”
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Peace (śama) is not guaranteed merely by adopting external renunciation; those lacking steadiness and discernment may flee to pravrajyā and then wrongly disparage the householder path. True tranquility depends on inner discipline and wisdom, not on the label of one’s āśrama.
In Kapila’s discourse in the Śānti Parva, he critiques superficial renunciation: certain weary and deluded people, distressed by their own karmic burdens, claim that only the renunciant life yields peace and that the householder life cannot lead to liberation. Kapila frames this as an error of the unwise.