Shloka 17
परिव्राजक-आचारः (Conduct of the Wandering Renunciant) — Mahābhārata, Śānti-parva 269
आगमाश्च यथाकाले संकल्पाश्न यथाक्रमम् । अपेतकामक्रोधानां दुश्चराचारकर्मणाम्
āgamāś ca yathākāle saṅkalpāś ca yathākramam | apetakāmakrodhānāṃ duścarācārakarmaṇām ||
Sinabi ni Kapila: “Sa takdang panahon, sumilang sa kanila ang pagkaunawa sa mga kasulatan, at sa wastong pagkakasunod ay nahinog ang kanilang tapat na panata. Nang maitanggi nila ang pagnanasa at galit, ang kanilang asal at disiplina ay naging napakahigpit kaya’t lubhang mahirap tularan ng iba.”
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Spiritual maturity is portrayed as orderly and timely: as desire and anger are relinquished, scriptural understanding and steadfast resolve arise naturally, and one’s disciplined conduct becomes rigorous—often difficult for ordinary people to imitate.
Kapila is describing a class of disciplined practitioners: they have abandoned kāma and krodha, and as a result their lives exhibit demanding ethical and practical disciplines, alongside a progressive awakening of scriptural knowledge and firm intention.