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Shloka 25

परिव्राजक-आचारः (Conduct of the Wandering Renunciant) — Mahābhārata, Śānti-parva 269

नक्षत्राणीव धिष्ण्येषु बहवस्तारकागणा: । आनन्त्यमुपसम्प्राप्ता: संतोषादिति वैदिकम्‌

nakṣatrāṇīva dhiṣṇyeṣu bahavas tārakāgaṇāḥ | ānantyam upasamprāptāḥ santoṣād iti vaidikam |

Ca-tỳ-la nói: “Như những cụm sao hiện ra khắp các miền của bầu trời tựa các chòm tinh tú, cũng vậy, nhiều bậc lưỡng sinh đạt đến cảnh giới vô tận. Họ đến đích vô biên ấy nhờ tâm tri túc—đó là kết luận của Vệ-đà.”

नक्षत्राणिconstellations/stars
नक्षत्राणि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनक्षत्र
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
इवlike/as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
धिष्ण्येषुin the abodes/places
धिष्ण्येषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootधिष्ण्य
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
बहवःmany
बहवः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तारकागणाःgroups of stars
तारकागणाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतारका-गण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
आनन्त्यम्endlessness/infinity (state)
आनन्त्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआनन्त्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
उपसम्प्राप्ताःhaving attained/obtained
उपसम्प्राप्ताः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootउप-सम्-प्र-आप्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)
संतोषात्from/through contentment
संतोषात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootसंतोष
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
वैदिकम्Vedic (doctrine/statement)
वैदिकम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootवैदिक
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

कपिल उवाच

K
Kapila
N
nakṣatra (constellations)
T
tārakāgaṇa (clusters of stars)
Ā
ānantya (the infinite state)

Educational Q&A

Contentment (santoṣa) is presented as a decisive means for attaining the ‘infinite’ or ultimate state; Kapila frames this as a Vedic siddhānta, using the image of countless stars to suggest many beings reaching that goal.

Kapila is instructing his listener in a didactic passage of the Śānti Parva, offering a metaphor: as stars are seen spread across the sky, so many attain the highest end; he attributes their attainment to contentment and cites it as Vedic doctrine.