Shloka 8

तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः

Instruction on the Cessation of Craving

Devanagari script

प्रजनाद्यभिनिर्वत्ता: सर्वे प्राणभृतो जना: । प्रजनं चाप्युतान्यत्र न कथंचन विद्यते

Transliteration

prajānādy-abhinirvṛttāḥ sarve prāṇabhṛto janāḥ | prajanaṃ cāpy utānyatra na kathaṃcana vidyate ||

Translation

迦毗罗说道：一切有命之众生皆由生育繁衍而起，自其族类之初便体验与子嗣相关的满足。然而，生儿育女并非在其他道路上真正可得；唯有依居家之道，方能如法而稳固地成就。

Word by Word

• प्रजनात्: from procreation/offspring
• प्रजनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रजन्/प्रजन)
• Form: Feminine, Ablative, Singular

• अभिनिर्वत्ताः: arisen/produced (from)
• अभिनिर्वत्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-नि-√वृत् (वर्तते) / अभिनिर्वृत्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्राणभृतः: living beings (life-bearers)
• प्राणभृतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणभृत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जनाः: creatures/people
• जनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रजनम्: procreation/offspring
• प्रजनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजन (प्रजा/प्रजन्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• उत: and also/further
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere/otherwise
• अन्यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• कथंचन: in any way/at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन

• विद्यते: exists/is found
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (विद्/विद्य) (आत्मनेपद, अस्त्यर्थे)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

कपिल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kapila

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Kapila emphasizes that procreation is the natural source of living lineages, and that the proper, dharmic means for begetting offspring is the gṛhastha (householder) āśrama rather than other modes of life.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instructional dialogue, Kapila is presenting a doctrinal point about āśrama-dharma: he links the continuation of beings through offspring with the ethical-social role of household life.