Shloka 40
तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः
Instruction on the Cessation of Craving
कपिल उवाच प्रत्यक्षमिह पश्यन्ति भवन्तः सत्पथे स्थिता: । प्रत्यक्ष तु किमत्रास्ति यद् भवन्त उपासते
kapila uvāca pratyakṣam iha paśyanti bhavantaḥ satpathe sthitāḥ | pratyakṣaṃ tu kim atrāsti yad bhavanta upāsate |
迦毗罗说道：“就在此时此地，你们安住于正道者，能够亲见瑜伽之道的果报。但请告诉我——你们仍循仪式之业道而行、所奉行的祭祀供奉，在此世究竟能得何种立刻可见的结果？”
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Kapila contrasts experiential, immediately verifiable spiritual progress (pratyakṣa) associated with yoga and inner discipline with the less directly observable results of ritual sacrifice, pressing the listener to examine what is truly known and ethically transformative in one’s practice.
In a didactic exchange in Śānti Parva, Kapila addresses practitioners who uphold a ‘true path’ and challenges their reliance on sacrificial worship by asking what tangible, present-life outcome it yields compared to the direct experiential fruits claimed for yoga.