Shloka 25
Vidyā–Avidyā and the Twenty-Fifth Principle
Sāṃkhya–Yoga Clarification
असंतोषो5सुखायेति लोभादिन्द्रियसम्भ्रम: । ततोअस्य नश्यति प्रज्ञा विद्येवाभ्यासवर्जिता
asantoṣo 'sukhāyeti lobhād indriya-sambhramaḥ | tato 'sya naśyati prajñā vidyevābhyāsa-varjitā ||
不知足只会招致不幸；由贪欲而生诸根躁动迷乱。由此，人的明辨之智便被毁坏——正如学问若不习练，终将消退。
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Greed breeds sensory agitation, and that agitation destroys prajñā (discernment). Therefore, contentment and disciplined restraint are essential for preserving wisdom—just as knowledge survives only through steady practice.
Parāśara is instructing on ethical self-governance: he traces a causal chain from discontent to unhappiness, from greed to sensory confusion, and from that confusion to the collapse of discernment, reinforcing the point with an analogy about learning that decays when not practiced.