Shloka 61
तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः
Instruction on the Cessation of Craving
एवं चतुर्णा वर्णानामाश्रमाणां प्रवृत्तिषु । एकमालम्बमानानां निर्णये सर्वतोदिशम्
evaṁ caturṇāṁ varṇānām āśramāṇāṁ pravṛttiṣu | ekam ālambamānānāṁ nirṇaye sarvato-diśam ||
迦毗罗说道：“因此，在四姓与诸住期所行的种种追求之中，人们只依一端——唯求乐而已。然而其中也有如我等之辈：为无明所击，慧解衰败，心系琐屑之境，又为黑暗之性（tamas）所覆。你善于辨析权衡诸途径；故而你以普遍有效的定论宣示解脱之乐无有边际，使我等心中得安。”
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Human pursuits within varṇa- and āśrama-based life tend to converge on the search for happiness, but ordinary happiness is limited and often pursued under ignorance and tamas. True, universally valid peace comes from understanding the limitless bliss of mokṣa, clarified through careful reasoning (ūhāpoha).
Kapila speaks in a reflective, instructional tone, acknowledging that many people—including those like the speaker—are clouded by ignorance and attached to trivial sense-objects. He praises the interlocutor’s capacity for discriminative inquiry and credits them with calming the mind by presenting mokṣa as the supreme, infinite form of happiness.