Shloka 55
तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः
Instruction on the Cessation of Craving
यो यथाप्रकृतिर्जन्तु: प्रकृते: स्याद् वशानुग: । तस्य द्वेषश्व कामश्च क्रोधो दम्भो5नृतं मद: । नित्यमेवाभिवर्तन्ते गुणा: प्रकृतिसम्भवा:,जिस प्राणीकी जैसी प्रकृति होती है, उस प्रकृतिके वह अधीन होता है। उसके भीतर द्वेष, काम, क्रोध, दम्भ, असत्य और मद--ये प्रकृतिजनित गुण सदा ही विद्यमान रहते हैं
yo yathāprakṛtir jantuḥ prakṛteḥ syād vaśānugaḥ | tasya dveṣaś ca kāmaś ca krodho dambho 'nṛtaṃ madaḥ | nityam evābhivartante guṇāḥ prakṛtisambhavāḥ ||
ഒരു ജീവിയുടെ സ്വഭാവപ്രകൃതി എങ്ങനെയോ, അവൻ അതേ പ്രകൃതിയുടെ അധീനനാകുന്നു. അവനിൽ ദ്വേഷം, കാമം, ക്രോധം, ദംഭം, അസത്യം, മദം—ഇവ പ്രകൃതിജന്യ ഗുണങ്ങൾ നിത്യവും ആവർത്തിച്ച് നിലനിൽക്കുന്നു.
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
A being tends to act under the dominance of its own prakṛti; therefore recurring moral faults—hatred, desire, anger, hypocrisy, falsehood, and pride—are seen as guṇa-born patterns. Ethical progress requires awareness of these tendencies and disciplined effort to transcend or purify them rather than assuming one is naturally free of them.
In the Śānti Parva’s philosophical instruction, Kapila is explaining to his interlocutor(s) how embodied beings are conditioned by prakṛti and its guṇas. He lists common inner vices as manifestations of that conditioning, setting up a broader discussion on liberation and self-control.