Shloka 7
तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः
Instruction on the Cessation of Craving
गृहस्थ एव यजते गृहस्थस्तप्यते तप: । गार्हस्थ्यमस्य धर्मस्य मूलं य्किंचिदेजते
gṛhastha eva yajate gṛhasthas tapyate tapaḥ | gārhasthyam asya dharmasya mūlaṃ yat kiñcid ejate ||
Sinabi ni Kapila: “Ang maybahay lamang ang nagsasagawa ng handog (yajña), at ang maybahay din ang nagsasakatuparan ng pag-aayuno at pagtitiis (tapas). Ang pamumuhay ng maybahay (gārhasthya-āśrama) ang ugat ng buong dharma na ito, sapagkat anumang mabuting pagsisikap na ginagawa ng tao sa daigdig ay sa huli nakasalalay sa suporta at katatagang ibinibigay ng āśrama ng maybahay.”
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Kapila teaches that the householder stage is the foundation of dharma: sacrifice, disciplined effort, and the practical support for all other ways of life depend upon gārhasthya.
In the Śānti Parva’s instructional dialogue, Kapila is presenting a dharma-centered argument that elevates the gṛhastha’s role as the sustaining base of religious practice and ethical activity in society.