Shloka 11
तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः
Instruction on the Cessation of Craving
निरासैरलसै: श्रान्तैस्तप्यमानै: स्वकर्मभि: । शमस्योपरमो दृष्ट: प्रत्रज्यायामपण्डितै:
nirāśair alasaiḥ śrāntais tapyamānaiḥ svakarmabhiḥ | śamasyoparamo dṛṣṭaḥ pravrajyāyām apaṇḍitaiḥ ||
ກະປິລະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຜູ້ບໍ່ສະຫຼາດ—ຂາດສັດທາ ແລະຂາດຄວາມມຸ່ງໝັ້ນ, ຂີ້ຄ້ານ ແລະເມື່ອຍລ້າ, ຖືກຜົນກຳຂອງຕົນເອງເຜົາຜານ—ເຂົາເທົ່ານັ້ນທີ່ຄິດວ່າຄວາມສະຫງົບມີແຕ່ໃນການອອກບວດ. ເມື່ອໄປພຶ່ງພາທາງຂອງນັກຈາລະຈອນ (ປຣະວຣະຊະຍາ) ກໍປະກາດວ່າວິໄນຂອງຄົນເຮືອນບໍ່ມີຄວາມສະຫງົບ; ແຕ່ການຕັດສິນນັ້ນເກີດຈາກຄວາມອ່ອນແອຂອງເຂົາເອງ ບໍ່ແມ່ນຈາກສະພາບແທ້ຂອງທຳ.»
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Peace (śama) is not guaranteed merely by adopting external renunciation; those lacking steadiness and discernment may flee to pravrajyā and then wrongly disparage the householder path. True tranquility depends on inner discipline and wisdom, not on the label of one’s āśrama.
In Kapila’s discourse in the Śānti Parva, he critiques superficial renunciation: certain weary and deluded people, distressed by their own karmic burdens, claim that only the renunciant life yields peace and that the householder life cannot lead to liberation. Kapila frames this as an error of the unwise.