Shloka 9
तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः
Instruction on the Cessation of Craving
यास्तु स्युर्बर्हिरोषध्यो बहिरन्यास्तथाद्रिजा: । ओषधिभ्यो बहिर्यस्मात् प्राणात् वक्रिन्न दृश्यते
yās tu syur barhi-roṣadhyo bahir anyās tathādrijāḥ | oṣadhibhyo bahir yasmāt prāṇād vakrinn(a) dṛśyate ||
迦毗罗说道：“无论是草类与祭祀之植物，或是生于聚落之外的诸药草，抑或出于山岭之草木——凡一切植被之形态，未见有任何能离开维系它们的生命之息而独立存在。因为诸药草皆根植于 prāṇa（生命气息）本身；超出此一生命原则，便无有任何生类可得见。”
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Kapila emphasizes that all vegetation—whether sacrificial grasses, wild herbs, or mountain plants—depends on prāṇa (the sustaining life-principle). Nothing living is perceived as existing independently of that vital basis.
In the Śānti Parva’s Kapila discourse, Kapila is explaining the foundations of life and sustenance, using plants and sacrificial materials as examples to show the dependence of all living growth on the underlying principle of prāṇa.