Shloka 68
तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः
Instruction on the Cessation of Craving
तत्त्वं वदस्व मे ब्रह्मुन्नुपसन्नो 5स्म्यधीहि भो: । यथा ते विदितो मोक्षस्तथेच्छाम्युपशिक्षितुम्
tattvaṃ vadasva me brahmann upasanno 'smy adhīhi bhoḥ | yathā te vidito mokṣas tathecchāmy upaśikṣitum, brahman ||
Wika ni Kapila: “O Brahman, sabihin mo sa akin ang katotohanan ng realidad (tattva). Lumapit ako sa iyo na may diwa ng alagad—mangyaring turuan mo ako. Kung paanong nalalaman mo ang kalikasan ng paglaya, gayon din ang nais kong matutuhan at maunawaan.”
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse establishes the prerequisite for liberating knowledge: humble discipleship and a direct request for tattva (ultimate reality) and mokṣa (liberation). It frames mokṣa as a knowable truth transmitted through instruction from one who has realized it.
Kapila addresses a revered Brahman-teacher, declaring that he has approached as a disciple and asking to be taught the same understanding of liberation that the teacher possesses, setting up a philosophical instruction on mokṣa.