Shloka 68
तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः
Instruction on the Cessation of Craving
तत्त्वं वदस्व मे ब्रह्मुन्नुपसन्नो 5स्म्यधीहि भो: । यथा ते विदितो मोक्षस्तथेच्छाम्युपशिक्षितुम्
tattvaṃ vadasva me brahmann upasanno 'smy adhīhi bhoḥ | yathā te vidito mokṣas tathecchāmy upaśikṣitum, brahman ||
କପିଳ କହିଲେ—ହେ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ, ମୋତେ ତତ୍ତ୍ୱ କହନ୍ତୁ। ମୁଁ ଶିଷ୍ୟଭାବରେ ଆପଣଙ୍କ ଶରଣକୁ ଆସିଛି; ଦୟାକରି ମୋତେ ଉପଦେଶ ଦିଅନ୍ତୁ। ଆପଣଙ୍କୁ ମୋକ୍ଷର ସ୍ୱରୂପ ଯେପରି ଜଣା, ସେପରି ମୁଁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଶିଖି ଜାଣିବାକୁ ଚାହୁଁଛି।
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse establishes the prerequisite for liberating knowledge: humble discipleship and a direct request for tattva (ultimate reality) and mokṣa (liberation). It frames mokṣa as a knowable truth transmitted through instruction from one who has realized it.
Kapila addresses a revered Brahman-teacher, declaring that he has approached as a disciple and asking to be taught the same understanding of liberation that the teacher possesses, setting up a philosophical instruction on mokṣa.