Shloka 95
Atithi-satkāra and the Consolation of Wise Counsel (अतिथिसत्कारः प्रज्ञानवचनस्य च पराश्वासनम्)
विद्यासहायवन्तं मामादित्यस्थं सनातनम् | कपिल प्राहुराचार्या: सांख्या निश्चितनिश्चया:,तत्त्वका निश्चय करनेवाले सांख्यशास्त्रके आचार्योने मुझे आदित्य मण्डलमें स्थित, विद्या-शक्तिके साहचर्यसे सम्पन्न सनातन देवता “कपिल' कहा है
vidyāsahāyavantaṁ mām ādityastheṁ sanātanam | kapila prāhur ācāryāḥ sāṅkhyā niścitaniscayāḥ ||
Para ācārya Sāṅkhya yang teguh dalam penetapan hakikat menyebutku ‘Kapila’: dewa purba yang abadi, bersemayam di lingkaran Matahari, ditemani oleh Śakti Pengetahuan sebagai dayaku.
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Educational Q&A
The verse links true philosophical discernment (Sāṅkhya’s settled conclusions about tattva) with a cosmic-theological identification: the eternal principle associated with knowledge is recognized as ‘Kapila’, situated in the solar sphere. It emphasizes that realized teachers name and recognize the eternal through disciplined insight.
Within the Shānti Parva’s reflective, didactic setting, a speaker presents an authoritative identification: Sāṅkhya teachers, confident in their conclusions, describe an eternal being—attended by Vidyā and abiding in the Sun—as Kapila. The line functions as a doctrinal affirmation rather than an action scene.