Shloka 426

तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः

Instruction on the Cessation of Craving

Devanagari script

अन्यत्र तर्कशास्त्रेभ्य आगमार्थ यथागमम्‌ । मेरे मनमें एक भयानक संशय उठ खड़ा हुआ है

Transliteration

anyatra tarkaśāstrebhya āgamārthaṃ yathāgamam |

Translation

ກະປິລາເວົ້າວ່າ: «ຈົ່ງວາງໄວ້ຂ້າງໜ້າຄຳພີແຫ່ງການໂຕ້ຖຽງລ້ວນໆ ແລະຈົ່ງອະທິບາຍຄວາມໝາຍຂອງອາຄະມະ ຕາມອາຄະມະເອງ. ຄວາມສົງໄສອັນນ່າຢ້ານໄດ້ເກີດຂຶ້ນໃນໃຈຂ້ອຍ ແລະມີແຕ່ທ່ານເທົ່ານັ້ນທີ່ຈະຂັບໄລ່ມັນໄດ້. ທ່ານເຄີຍກ່າວວ່າ ຜູ້ຢືນຢູ່ໃນທາງທີ່ແທ້ ສາມາດເຫັນຜົນຂອງທາງໂຍຄະໄດ້ໂດຍກົງ ໃນທີ່ນີ້ແລະໃນຂະນະນີ້. ຂ້ອຍຈຶ່ງຖາມວ່າ: ສິ່ງທີ່ທ່ານບູຊານັ້ນ ໃນຊີວິດນີ້ ຜົນທີ່ປາກົດຊັດເຈນ ແລະຮັບຮູ້ໄດ້ໂດຍກົງທີ່ສຸດ ແມ່ນຫຍັງ? ຈົ່ງສະຖາປະນາມັນໂດຍບໍ່ອາໄສການໂຕ້ຖຽງ ເພື່ອໃຫ້ຂ້ອຍເຂົ້າໃຈເຈດຈຳນົງຂອງອາຄະມະຢ່າງແທ້ຈິງ».

Word by Word

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere/otherwise
• अन्यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र

• तर्कशास्त्रेभ्यः: from the treatises on logic
• तर्कशास्त्रेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तर्कशास्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Plural

• आगमार्थम्: the meaning of scripture/tradition
• आगमार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगमार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as/according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• आगमम्: scripture/tradition
• आगमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

कपिल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kapila

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Kapila prioritizes understanding grounded in Āgama (authoritative tradition) and demands a description of yoga’s fruit that is directly verifiable in lived experience, not merely established through debate or abstract logic.

What is happening in the narrative?

In a philosophical exchange, Kapila challenges his interlocutor to clarify what tangible result arises from the worship/practice being advocated, asking for an explanation based on scriptural tradition and direct perception rather than argumentative reasoning.