Shloka 22

तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः

Instruction on the Cessation of Craving

Devanagari script

सर्वभूतात्मभूतस्य सर्वभूतानि पश्यत: । देवा5पि मार्गे मुहान्ति अपदस्य पदैषिण:,जो सम्पूर्ण भूतोंके आत्मारूपसे स्थित हैं और सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंको आत्मभावसे ही देखते हैं, जिनका कोई विशेष पद नहीं है, उन ज्ञानी पुरुषका पदचिह्न ढूँढ़नेवाले--उनकी गतिका पता लगानेवाले देवता भी मार्ममें मोहित हो जाते हैं

Transliteration

sarvabhūtātmabhūtasya sarvabhūtāni paśyataḥ | devā api mārge muhyanti apadasya padaiṣiṇaḥ ||

Translation

Даже боги сбиваются с пути, пытаясь проследить ход того знающего, который стал Самостью всех существ и взирает на всякое создание в свете Самости. Ибо у такого мудреца нет определённой «стоянки», которую можно было бы отметить; те, кто охотится за его следами, желая определить, куда он направляется, оказываются в смятении на пути.

Word by Word

सर्वभूतात्मभूतस्यof one who has become the Self of all beings

सर्वभूतानिall beings

पश्यतःof (him) seeing

देवाःthe gods

अपिeven/also

मार्गेin the path/track

मुह्यन्तिare deluded/confused

अपदस्यof the trackless/one without a (traceable) step

पदैषिणःseekers of (his) footprints/trace

Speaker

कपिल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kapila

Devas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A liberated knower is established in universal Selfhood—seeing all beings as the Self—and therefore cannot be grasped by ordinary measures such as status, destination, or outward marks. Even divine powers fail to ‘track’ such realization, emphasizing the transcendence of moksha over worldly and celestial attainments.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kapila is instructing about the nature of the realized sage. He describes how even the gods, attempting to determine the sage’s ‘path’ or final state by searching for signs and traces, become confused—because the sage’s state is beyond conventional routes and identifiable positions.