Shloka 43
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
प्रीतश्च भगवान् ज्ञानं ददौ मम भवान्तकम् | “तत्पश्चात् वहाँ सांख्यके आचार्य देवसम्मानित कपिलने कहा--“मैंने भी अनेक जन्मोंतक भक्तिभावसे भगवान् शंकरकी आराधना की थी। इससे प्रसन्न होकर भगवानने मुझे भवभयनाशक ज्ञान प्रदान किया था”
prītaś ca bhagavān jñānaṃ dadau mama bhavāntakam | tatpaścāt sa vai sāṅkhyake ācāryaḥ devasammānitaḥ kapila uvāca— mayāpi anekajanmāntaraṃ bhaktibhāvena bhagavataḥ śaṅkarasya ārādhanā kṛtā | tena prasannaḥ bhagavān me bhavabhayanāśakaṃ jñānaṃ pradadau | sāvarṇasya manoḥ sarge saptarṣiś ca bhaviṣyati | vedānāṃ ca sa vai vaktā kuruvaṃśakaraḥ tathā ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。歓喜した世尊は、輪廻（サンサーラ）における生有の恐れを終わらせる智慧を、わたしに授け給うた。その後、神々すら敬うサーンキヤの師カピラは宣言した。「わたしもまた、多くの生にわたり、篤い帰依をもってシャンカラ（シヴァ）を礼拝してきた。主は満足され、輪廻の恐怖を滅する智慧をわたしに賜った。サーヴァルナ・マヌの創造周期において、彼は七聖仙（サプタリシ）の一人となり、またヴェーダの師となって、クル族の系譜を興す者ともなる。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Devotion (bhakti) to Śaṅkara culminates in liberating knowledge (jñāna) that destroys fear of saṃsāra; spiritual authority is grounded in both practice (worship across lives) and realized insight.
Vaiśampāyana reports that the Lord granted him fear-destroying knowledge; then Kapila, the revered Sāṅkhya teacher, recounts his own long devotion to Śiva and the resulting gift of liberating knowledge, along with a prophetic note about roles in Sāvarṇa Manu’s era (as a saptarṣi and Vedic teacher connected with the Kuru line).