Shloka 496
पञ्चवर्णोत्पत्तिः — The Origin of the Five-Colored Fiery Being and Ritual-Disruptor Lineages
अतृष्यमाणो निर्वेदमापेदे ज्ञानचक्षुषा । द्विजोत्तम! कोई-कोई धर्मके फलरूपसे सांसारिक सुखको पाकर संतुष्ट नहीं होता। वह ज्ञानदृष्टिके कारण विषयभोगके सुखसे तृप्ति-लाभ न करके निर्वेद (वैराग्य)-को प्राप्त होता है
atṛṣyamāṇo nirvedam āpede jñānacakṣuṣā | dvijottama!
The hunter said: “O best of the twice-born! There are some who, even after obtaining worldly pleasures as the fruit of dharma, do not become satisfied. Endowed with the eye of wisdom, they find no true fulfillment in sense-enjoyments and thus arrive at dispassion (nirveda), turning away from the objects of pleasure.”
व्याध उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when dharma yields worldly happiness, a discerning person may remain unsatisfied; insight (jñāna) reveals the limits of sense-pleasures and leads to nirveda—dispassion and inward turning toward higher good.
In the Vyādha’s instruction to a brāhmaṇa, he explains a psychological and ethical progression: worldly rewards do not always satisfy; when one sees clearly through wisdom, one naturally becomes detached from objects of enjoyment.