Shloka 44
तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः
Instruction on the Cessation of Craving
यथाश्रममुपासीत आगमस्तत्र सिध्यति । सिद्धि: प्रत्यक्षरूपा च दृश्यत्यागमनिश्चयात्
yathāśramam upāsīta āgamas tatra sidhyati | siddhiḥ pratyakṣarūpā ca dṛśyaty āgamanīścayāt ||
ਜਿਸ-ਜਿਸ ਆਸ਼ਰਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਜੋ-ਜੋ ਧਰਮ ਵਿਹਿਤ ਹੈ, ਉੱਥੇ-ਉੱਥੇ ਉਹੀ ਧਰਮ ਅਚਰਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ। ਆਪਣੇ ਆਸ਼ਰਮ-ਧਰਮ ਦਾ ਨਿਭਾਉ ਕਰਨ ਨਾਲ ਉੱਥੇ ਆਗਮ ਸਿੱਧ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ; ਅਤੇ ਸ਼ਾਸਤ੍ਰ-ਨਿਸ਼ਚੇ ਨਾਲ ਸਿੱਧੀ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਤੱਖ ਅਨੁਭਵ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Practice the duties and disciplines appropriate to your own āśrama; by such faithful observance the scriptural teaching is validated in life, and its promised attainment becomes directly evident through firm scriptural conviction.
In the Śānti Parva’s instructional dialogue, Kapila is explaining a principle of right conduct: spiritual progress is not one-size-fits-all but depends on correctly following the dharma prescribed for one’s life-stage, which makes the truth of the tradition experientially manifest.