Shloka 22
तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः
Instruction on the Cessation of Craving
सर्वभूतात्मभूतस्य सर्वभूतानि पश्यत: । देवा5पि मार्गे मुहान्ति अपदस्य पदैषिण:
sarvabhūtātmabhūtasya sarvabhūtāni paśyataḥ | devā api mārge muhyanti apadasya padaiṣiṇaḥ ||
即便诸天也会迷失其途，当他们试图追寻那位智者的行迹——他已成为一切众生之自我，并以自我的光明观照万类。因为此等圣者并无可标记的固定“住处”；那些追猎其足迹、欲判定其归向者，终在道途中困惑迷惘。
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
A liberated knower is established in universal Selfhood—seeing all beings as the Self—and therefore cannot be grasped by ordinary measures such as status, destination, or outward marks. Even divine powers fail to ‘track’ such realization, emphasizing the transcendence of moksha over worldly and celestial attainments.
Kapila is instructing about the nature of the realized sage. He describes how even the gods, attempting to determine the sage’s ‘path’ or final state by searching for signs and traces, become confused—because the sage’s state is beyond conventional routes and identifiable positions.