Shloka 25
Vidyā–Avidyā and the Twenty-Fifth Principle
Sāṃkhya–Yoga Clarification
असंतोषो5सुखायेति लोभादिन्द्रियसम्भ्रम: । ततोअस्य नश्यति प्रज्ञा विद्येवाभ्यासवर्जिता
asantoṣo 'sukhāyeti lobhād indriya-sambhramaḥ | tato 'sya naśyati prajñā vidyevābhyāsa-varjitā ||
不満はただ不幸を招くのみ。貪欲から感官の動揺と混乱が生じる。そこから人の識別は滅びる――学びが修習を欠けば衰え失せるように。
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Greed breeds sensory agitation, and that agitation destroys prajñā (discernment). Therefore, contentment and disciplined restraint are essential for preserving wisdom—just as knowledge survives only through steady practice.
Parāśara is instructing on ethical self-governance: he traces a causal chain from discontent to unhappiness, from greed to sensory confusion, and from that confusion to the collapse of discernment, reinforcing the point with an analogy about learning that decays when not practiced.