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 ||
Itinuro ni Kapila na dapat isagawa ng tao ang disiplina na angkop sa sarili niyang āśrama (yugto ng buhay). Kapag tapat na tinutupad ang mga tungkuling itinakda para sa āśrama na iyon, natutupad doon ang awtoridad at layon ng banal na turo (āgama). At sa pamamagitan ng matibay na katiyakang nakaugat sa kasulatan, ang bunga—ang espirituwal na kaganapan—ay nagiging tuwirang lantad sa mismong karanasan ng buhay.
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.