Shloka 6
Vidyā–Avidyā and the Twenty-Fifth Principle
Sāṃkhya–Yoga Clarification
कृतार्थ भोगिनं मत्वा सर्वो रतिपरायण: । लाभं ग्राम्यसुखादन्यं रतितो नानुपश्यति
kṛtārtha-bhoginaṃ matvā sarvo rati-parāyaṇaḥ | lābhaṃ grāmya-sukhād anyaṃ ratito nānupaśyati ||
感官の享楽にふける者を「成就した者」「満ち足りた者」と見なして、人々はことごとく快楽に帰依する。満足への執着ゆえに、世俗のありふれた安楽を超える利益を、彼らは見いだせない。
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachment to sensual pleasure makes people mistake mere enjoyment for true success, blinding them to higher forms of benefit—ethical, spiritual, and liberating goods beyond ordinary worldly comfort.
Parāśara is instructing his listener in the Shanti Parva’s didactic mode, critiquing the common human tendency to idolize the ‘enjoyer’ as accomplished and to pursue pleasure as the highest aim, thereby overlooking superior goals.