Shloka 60
तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः
Instruction on the Cessation of Craving
शास्त्रादपेतं पश्यन्ति बहवो व्यक्तमानिन: । शास्त्रदोषान् न पश्यन्ति शोचन्ति च यथा वयम् | इन्द्रियार्थाश्न भवतां समाना: सर्वजन्तुषु
śāstrād apetaṁ paśyanti bahavo vyaktamāninaḥ | śāstradoṣān na paśyanti śocanti ca yathā vayam | indriyārthāś ca bhavatāṁ samānāḥ sarvajantuṣu ||
Kapila berkata: Banyak orang, karena menyombongkan diri pada apa yang tampak bagi indera semata, berpaling dari śāstra dan menambatkan pandangan hanya pada dunia ini. Mereka tidak melihat cacat-cacat yang ditunjukkan śāstra; dan, berlindung pada pandangan non‑Veda, mereka pun berduka—sebagaimana kita berduka. Adapun objek-objek indera: pengaruhnya sama pada dirimu seperti pada semua makhluk; bahkan orang bijak pun berhadapan dengan ranah indera, namun harus menilainya dengan pembedaan yang benar.
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Kapila warns that those who rely only on what is directly perceptible (the ‘manifest’) and turn away from śāstra fail to notice the deeper defects of worldly life; as a result they fall into grief. Even the wise experience sense-objects like all beings, but wisdom lies in discernment and non-enslavement to them.
In the Śānti Parva’s instructional dialogue, Kapila is delivering a philosophical-ethical critique of non-scriptural, purely sense-based outlooks. He contrasts śāstra-guided insight with worldly empiricism and explains why attachment to sense-objects leads to sorrow, even though sense experience itself is common to all creatures.