Shloka 62

तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः

Instruction on the Cessation of Craving

Devanagari script

आनन्त्यं वदमानेन शक्तेनावर्जितात्मना । अविज्ञानहतप्रज्ञा हीनप्रज्ञास्तमोवृता:,इस प्रकार चारों वर्णों और आश्रमोंकी जो प्रवृत्तियाँ हैं, उनमें लगे हुए मनुष्य एकमात्र सुखका ही आश्रय लेते हैं--उसे ही प्राप्त करना चाहते हैं। उनमेंसे हम-जैसे लोग अज्ञानसे हतबुद्धि, तुच्छ विषयोंमें मन लगानेवाले तथा तमोगुणसे आवृत हैं। आप ऊहापोह करनमेमें समर्थ-कुशल हैं, अतः सार्वदेशिक सिद्धान्तके रूपमें मोक्षसुखकी अनन्तता बताकर आपने मनसे हमें शान्ति पहुँचायी है

Transliteration

ānantyaṁ vadamānena śaktenāvarjitātmanā | avijñānahataprajñā hīnaprajñās tamovṛtāḥ ||

Translation

Kapila disse: “Por ti—competente no discernimento e com a mente não desviada—ao falares da infinitude (da libertação), a paz foi trazida aos nossos corações. Pois somos pessoas cuja compreensão foi abatida pela ignorância, de pouca visão, e veladas pela escuridão (tamas).”

Word by Word

आनन्त्यम्endlessness, infinity

वदमानेनby (one) speaking/saying

शक्तेनby the capable/able (one)

आवर्जितात्मनाby one whose mind/self is turned (towards the topic), self-controlled/collected

अविज्ञानहतप्रज्ञाःthose whose understanding is struck down by ignorance

हीनप्रज्ञाःof deficient understanding

तमोवृताःcovered/veiled by darkness (tamas)

Speaker

कपिल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kapila

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse contrasts ignorance-bound cognition with liberating insight: hearing a competent teacher describe the boundless nature of mokṣa brings inner peace, while ordinary minds remain veiled by tamas and weakened by avidyā.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kapila addresses his interlocutor, acknowledging the other’s skill in reasoning and steadiness of mind, and admits that ‘we’ are obscured by ignorance; the teaching on the infinity of liberation has calmed them.