Shloka 61
तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः
Instruction on the Cessation of Craving
एवं चतुर्णा वर्णानामाश्रमाणां प्रवृत्तिषु । एकमालम्बमानानां निर्णये सर्वतोदिशम्
evaṁ caturṇāṁ varṇānām āśramāṇāṁ pravṛttiṣu | ekam ālambamānānāṁ nirṇaye sarvato-diśam ||
カピラは言った。「このように、四ヴァルナと人生の諸住期におけるさまざまな営みの中で、人々はただ一つの目的にすがる――幸福のみを求めるのだ。だがその中には、われらのように無明に打ち倒され、些末な対象に心を縛られ、闇の性質（タマス）に覆われた者もいる。汝は思量し、諸案を秤にかけることに長けている。ゆえに、解脱の楽が無辺であることを、普遍に妥当する結論として宣言し、われらの心に安らぎをもたらした。」
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Human pursuits within varṇa- and āśrama-based life tend to converge on the search for happiness, but ordinary happiness is limited and often pursued under ignorance and tamas. True, universally valid peace comes from understanding the limitless bliss of mokṣa, clarified through careful reasoning (ūhāpoha).
Kapila speaks in a reflective, instructional tone, acknowledging that many people—including those like the speaker—are clouded by ignorance and attached to trivial sense-objects. He praises the interlocutor’s capacity for discriminative inquiry and credits them with calming the mind by presenting mokṣa as the supreme, infinite form of happiness.