Shloka 7

तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः

Instruction on the Cessation of Craving

Devanagari script

गृहस्थ एव यजते गृहस्थस्तप्यते तप: । गार्हस्थ्यमस्य धर्मस्य मूलं य्किंचिदेजते

Transliteration

gṛhastha eva yajate gṛhasthas tapyate tapaḥ | gārhasthyam asya dharmasya mūlaṃ yat kiñcid ejate ||

Translation

迦毗罗说道：“唯有居家者行祭（yajña），亦唯有居家者修苦行（tapas）。居家之住期（gārhasthya-āśrama）乃此一切法（dharma）之根本；因为世间人所作的任何善业与正勤，终究都建立在居家住期所给予的扶持与安定之上。”

Word by Word

• गृहस्थः: householder
• गृहस्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• यजते: sacrifices/worships
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: Present (Lat), Atmanepada, Third, Singular

• गृहस्थः: the householder
• गृहस्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तप्यते: practises austerity/does penance
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप्
• Form: Present (Lat), Atmanepada, Third, Singular

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गार्हस्थ्यम्: the householder-state (gṛhastha-āśrama)
• गार्हस्थ्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गार्हस्थ्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अस्य: of this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• धर्मस्य: of dharma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मूलम्: root, foundation
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• किञ्चित्: anything, something
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किञ्चित्

• ईजते: endeavours/acts; (lit.) worships/sacrifices
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईज्
• Form: Present (Lat), Atmanepada, Third, Singular

Speaker

कपिल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kapila
• gṛhastha (householder)
• yajña
• tapas
• dharma
• gārhasthya-āśrama

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Kapila teaches that the householder stage is the foundation of dharma: sacrifice, disciplined effort, and the practical support for all other ways of life depend upon gārhasthya.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instructional dialogue, Kapila is presenting a dharma-centered argument that elevates the gṛhastha’s role as the sustaining base of religious practice and ethical activity in society.