Shloka 6

Vidyā–Avidyā and the Twenty-Fifth Principle

Sāṃkhya–Yoga Clarification

Devanagari script

कृतार्थ भोगिनं मत्वा सर्वो रतिपरायण: । लाभं ग्राम्यसुखादन्यं रतितो नानुपश्यति

Transliteration

kṛtārtha-bhoginaṃ matvā sarvo rati-parāyaṇaḥ | lābhaṃ grāmya-sukhād anyaṃ ratito nānupaśyati ||

Translation

人们把纵情于感官享受者视为“功成圆满”，于是尽皆归依于欲乐。由于执著于满足，他们看不见任何高于乡俗世乐之安逸的所得。

Word by Word

• कृतार्थम्: one who has achieved his purpose; fulfilled
• कृतार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भोगिनम्: enjoyer; one given to enjoyment
• भोगिनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोगिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मत्वा: having thought/considered
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• सर्वः: everyone; the whole (person)
• सर्वः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रतिपरायणः: devoted to pleasure; intent on sensual enjoyment
• रतिपरायणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रतिपरायण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लाभम्: gain; benefit
• लाभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ग्राम्यसुखात्: from worldly/common pleasures
• ग्राम्यसुखात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम्यसुख
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अन्यम्: other; different
• अन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रतितः: from/than pleasure (sensual delight)
• रतितः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रति
• Form: Feminine, Ablative, Singular

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

• अनुपश्यति: sees; perceives; recognizes
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु√पश्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Attachment to sensual pleasure makes people mistake mere enjoyment for true success, blinding them to higher forms of benefit—ethical, spiritual, and liberating goods beyond ordinary worldly comfort.

What is happening in the narrative?

Parāśara is instructing his listener in the Shanti Parva’s didactic mode, critiquing the common human tendency to idolize the ‘enjoyer’ as accomplished and to pursue pleasure as the highest aim, thereby overlooking superior goals.