Shloka 24
तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः
Instruction on the Cessation of Craving
नाक्षै्दीव्येन्नाददीतान्यवित्तं न वायोनीयस्य शत प्रगृह्नात् | क्रुद्धो न चैव प्रहरेत धीमां- स्तथास्य तत्पाणिपादं सुगुप्तम्
nākṣair dīvyen nādadītāny avittaṁ na vāyonyasya śataṁ pragṛhṇāt | kruddho na caiva praharet dhīmāṁs tathāsya tat-pāṇipādaṁ suguptham ||
ກະປິລາໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຜູ້ມີປັນຍາບໍ່ຄວນຫຼິ້ນພະນັນດ້ວຍລູກເຕົ໋າ, ບໍ່ຄວນເອົາຊັບທີ່ບໍ່ໄດ້ຮັບມອບ, ບໍ່ຄວນຮັບແມ່ນແຕ່ຮ້ອຍຂອງຂວັນຈາກຜູ້ປະພຶດຊົ່ວ, ແລະເມື່ອໂກດກໍບໍ່ຄວນຕີຜູ້ໃດ. ດ້ວຍການສຳລວມແບບນີ້ ມືແລະຕີນຂອງລາວຈຶ່ງຖືກປົກປ້ອງຢ່າງດີ—ໃຫ້ຫ່າງຈາກບາບກຳ ແລະຜົນຕາມມາຂອງມັນ».
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Kapila teaches restraint in four key areas: avoid gambling, avoid taking what is not rightfully given, avoid accepting tainted gifts from immoral people, and avoid violence driven by anger. Such discipline protects one’s ‘hands and feet’—the instruments of action—from wrongdoing and its karmic fallout.
In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, Kapila is delivering ethical instruction. This verse lists practical prohibitions that define a wise person’s conduct, emphasizing how moral vigilance in everyday actions preserves one’s integrity.