Shloka 66
तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः
Instruction on the Cessation of Craving
यद्येतदेवं कृत्वापि न विमोक्षो5स्ति कस्यचित् | धिक् कर्तरें च कार्य च श्रमश्नायं निरर्थक:
yady etad evaṁ kṛtvāpi na vimokṣo 'sti kasyacit | dhik kartāraṁ ca kāryaṁ ca śramaś cāyaṁ nirarthakaḥ ||
ກະປິລາ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຖ້າແມ່ນແມ່ນແຕ່ໄດ້ປະຕິບັດທັງໝົດນີ້ຕາມທີ່ກຳນົດແລ້ວ ກໍຍັງບໍ່ມີໃຜໄດ້ຮັບມົກສະ (ຄວາມຫຼຸດພົ້ນ) ເລີຍ, ກໍຄວນອັບອາຍຕໍ່ຜູ້ກະທຳ ແລະອັບອາຍຕໍ່ການກະທຳນັ້ນເອງ; ຄວາມເພີຍພະຍາຍາມທີ່ໃຊ້ໄປຈະເປັນສິ່ງໄຮ້ຄ່າ.»
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation must be a real and attainable end; if a practice cannot lead to moksha, then both the agent’s striving and the action’s value are called into question. The verse presses for discernment about means and ends in spiritual discipline.
In the Shanti Parva’s philosophical discourse, Kapila speaks critically, challenging the worth of arduous practices if they do not culminate in liberation, thereby pushing the discussion toward what truly leads to moksha.