Shloka 43

तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः

Instruction on the Cessation of Craving

Devanagari script

आगमो वेददवादास्तु तर्कशास्त्राणि चागम:,वेदमतका अनुसरण करनेवाले शास्त्र तो आगम हैं ही, तर्कशास्त्र (वेदोंके अर्थका निर्णय करनेवाले पूर्वोत्तर मीमांसा आदि) भी आगम हैं

Transliteration

āgamo vedavādās tu tarkaśāstrāṇi cāgamaḥ

Translation

Kapila nói: “Truyền thống thẩm quyền (āgama) gồm những giáo huấn đặt nền trên Veda; và cả các ngành luận lý nữa—những trước tác xác định và làm sáng tỏ ý nghĩa của Veda—cũng được xem là āgama. Vì vậy, cả chứng ngôn khải thị lẫn sự khảo sát bằng lý trí có kỷ luật đều được thừa nhận là chỗ nương để hiểu dharma.”

Word by Word

• आगमः: authoritative tradition / scripture
• आगमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वेदवादाः: Veda-based doctrines / proponents of the Veda
• वेदवादाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदवाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but / indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तर्कशास्त्राणि: treatises on reasoning / logic-texts
• तर्कशास्त्राणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तर्कशास्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आगमः: authoritative tradition / scripture
• आगमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

कपिल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kapila
• Veda
• Āgama
• Tarkaśāstra
• Mīmāṃsā (Pūrva and Uttara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Kapila affirms that both Vedic testimony and disciplined reasoning that interprets the Veda (tarkaśāstra, such as Mīmāṃsā) function as āgama—authoritative means for understanding dharma—so inquiry is not opposed to revelation but serves to clarify it.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instructional dialogue, Kapila is explaining standards of valid authority: he identifies the Veda-based tradition as āgama and includes interpretive logical treatises as āgama because they help decide the Veda’s intended meaning.