Shloka 43
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
प्रीतश्च भगवान् ज्ञानं ददौ मम भवान्तकम् | “तत्पश्चात् वहाँ सांख्यके आचार्य देवसम्मानित कपिलने कहा--“मैंने भी अनेक जन्मोंतक भक्तिभावसे भगवान् शंकरकी आराधना की थी। इससे प्रसन्न होकर भगवानने मुझे भवभयनाशक ज्ञान प्रदान किया था”
prītaś ca bhagavān jñānaṃ dadau mama bhavāntakam | tatpaścāt sa vai sāṅkhyake ācāryaḥ devasammānitaḥ kapila uvāca— mayāpi anekajanmāntaraṃ bhaktibhāvena bhagavataḥ śaṅkarasya ārādhanā kṛtā | tena prasannaḥ bhagavān me bhavabhayanāśakaṃ jñānaṃ pradadau | sāvarṇasya manoḥ sarge saptarṣiś ca bhaviṣyati | vedānāṃ ca sa vai vaktā kuruvaṃśakaraḥ tathā ||
毗湿摩波耶那说道：世尊欢喜，赐我能终止对轮回生有之怖畏的智慧。其后，数论派导师迦毗罗——连诸天亦加敬礼者——宣言道：“我亦曾历经多生，以虔敬之心奉事商羯罗（湿婆）。主神悦纳，遂赐我能摧灭对生死轮回（saṃsāra）之恐惧的智慧。在娑伐尔那摩奴（Sāvarṇa Manu）的创世周期中，他将列于七圣（Saptarṣi）之位；又将为吠陀之师，并为俱卢族系之开创者。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Devotion (bhakti) to Śaṅkara culminates in liberating knowledge (jñāna) that destroys fear of saṃsāra; spiritual authority is grounded in both practice (worship across lives) and realized insight.
Vaiśampāyana reports that the Lord granted him fear-destroying knowledge; then Kapila, the revered Sāṅkhya teacher, recounts his own long devotion to Śiva and the resulting gift of liberating knowledge, along with a prophetic note about roles in Sāvarṇa Manu’s era (as a saptarṣi and Vedic teacher connected with the Kuru line).