Shloka 22
तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः
Instruction on the Cessation of Craving
सर्वभूतात्मभूतस्य सर्वभूतानि पश्यत: । देवा5पि मार्गे मुहान्ति अपदस्य पदैषिण:
sarvabhūtātmabhūtasya sarvabhūtāni paśyataḥ | devā api mārge muhyanti apadasya padaiṣiṇaḥ ||
Maging ang mga diyos ay naliligaw kapag sinisikap nilang bakasin ang landas ng nakaaalam na naging mismong Sarili ng lahat ng nilalang at tumitingin sa lahat sa liwanag ng Sarili. Sapagkat ang gayong pantas ay walang tiyak na “himpilan” na maaaring markahan; yaong humahabol sa kanyang mga bakas—naghahangad tukuyin ang kanyang patutunguhan—ay nalilito sa daan.
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.