Shloka 23
परिव्राजक-आचारः (Conduct of the Wandering Renunciant) — Mahābhārata, Śānti-parva 269
तं॑ सन््तो विधिवत प्राप्य गच्छन्ति परमां गतिम् | गृहेभ्य एव निष्क्रम्य वनमन्ये समाश्रिता:
taṁ santaḥ vidhivat prāpya gacchanti paramāṁ gatim | gṛhebhya eva niṣkramya vanam anye samāśritāḥ ||
Wika ni Kapila: “Pagkatamo nang wasto ang landas na iyon, nararating ng marurunong ang pinakamataas na hantungan. Ang ilan ay lumilisan sa buhay-bahay at nagtutungo sa gubat; ang iba nama’y kumakapit sa pamumuhay ng naninirahan sa gubat (vānaprastha). Sa ganitong paraan, sa pagpasok sa mga yugto ng buhay nang ayon sa tuntunin at sa tapat na pagtupad sa kani-kanilang tungkulin, natatamo nila ang sukdulang kalagayan.”
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is reached by the virtuous through disciplined, rule-guided practice of dharma—especially by properly entering and observing the duties of one’s life-stage (āśrama), whether remaining a householder or moving toward forest-life and renunciation.
Kapila is instructing about the paths followed by the wise: some leave household life and go to the forest, while others adopt different regulated modes of life. The emphasis is on orderly transition and faithful observance of prescribed duties leading to the supreme goal.