Shloka 65
ब्राह्मणानुयात्रा—शौनकोपदेशः
Brāhmaṇas Follow into Exile and Śaunaka’s Instruction
शिक्षोदरकृते<प्राज्ञ: करोति विघसं बहु | मोहरागवशाक्रान्त इन्द्रियार्थवशानुग:,अज्ञानी मनुष्य अपनी जननेन्द्रिय तथा उदरकी तृप्तिके लिये मोह एवं रागके वशीभूत हो विषयोंका अनुसरण करता हुआ नाना प्रकारकी विषय-सामग्रीको यज्ञावशेष मानकर उसका संग्रह करता है
śikṣodarākṛte prājñaḥ karoti vighasaṃ bahu | moharāgavaśākrānta indriyārthavaśānugaḥ ||
Bị khuất phục bởi mê muội và ái luyến, kẻ vô minh—làm nô lệ cho sức hút của các đối tượng giác quan—tích góp vô số thú hưởng, coi chúng như thể là vighasa, phần dư của tế lễ, chỉ để thỏa mãn giác quan và cái bụng của mình.
शौनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that when a person is ruled by moha (delusion) and rāga (attachment), he becomes a follower of sense-objects and justifies accumulation for pleasure and appetite as if it were sanctified (like yajña-śeṣa). True dharma requires restraint and right intention, not desire-driven hoarding.
Śaunaka is speaking in a didactic tone, characterizing the conduct of an ignorant person: he pursues sense-objects for bodily gratification and gathers abundant enjoyments, mislabeling them as ‘vighasa’ (sacrificial remainder). The statement functions as moral critique within the broader discourse.