Shloka 6
Vidyā–Avidyā and the Twenty-Fifth Principle
Sāṃkhya–Yoga Clarification
कृतार्थ भोगिनं मत्वा सर्वो रतिपरायण: । लाभं ग्राम्यसुखादन्यं रतितो नानुपश्यति
kṛtārtha-bhoginaṃ matvā sarvo rati-parāyaṇaḥ | lābhaṃ grāmya-sukhād anyaṃ ratito nānupaśyati ||
ഭോഗിയെ തന്നെയാണ് ‘കൃതാർത്ഥൻ’ എന്നു കരുതി എല്ലാവരും രതിപരായണരാകുന്നു. രതിയിൽ ആസക്തരായി, ഗ്രാമ്യമായ—സാധാരണ ലോകസുഖങ്ങളെക്കാൾ—മീതെയുള്ള മറ്റൊരു ലാഭവും അവർ കാണുന്നില്ല.
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachment to sensual pleasure makes people mistake mere enjoyment for true success, blinding them to higher forms of benefit—ethical, spiritual, and liberating goods beyond ordinary worldly comfort.
Parāśara is instructing his listener in the Shanti Parva’s didactic mode, critiquing the common human tendency to idolize the ‘enjoyer’ as accomplished and to pursue pleasure as the highest aim, thereby overlooking superior goals.