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Shloka 95

Atithi-satkāra and the Consolation of Wise Counsel (अतिथिसत्कारः प्रज्ञानवचनस्य च पराश्वासनम्)

विद्यासहायवन्तं मामादित्यस्थं सनातनम्‌ | कपिल प्राहुराचार्या: सांख्या निश्चितनिश्चया:

vidyāsahāyavantaṁ mām ādityastheṁ sanātanam | kapila prāhur ācāryāḥ sāṅkhyā niścitaniscayāḥ ||

以知识(vidyā)为我相伴之力,我恒住于日轮之域。数论诸师,决断真理而意志坚定者,宣称那位古老的神祇即名为“迦毗罗”(Kapila)。

विद्या-सहाय-वन्तम्endowed with the help/companionship of knowledge
विद्या-सहाय-वन्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविद्यासहायवत्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Accusative, Singular
आदित्य-स्थम्situated in the Sun (solar orb)
आदित्य-स्थम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootआदित्यस्थ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
सनातनम्eternal
सनातनम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसनातन
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
कपिलम्Kapila (name/title)
कपिलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकपिल
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
प्राहुःthey have said / they call
प्राहुः:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र+अह्
FormPerfect (Paroksha), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
आचार्याःteachers, preceptors
आचार्याः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआचार्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सांख्याःSāṅkhya (followers/teachers of Sāṅkhya)
सांख्याः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसांख्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
निश्चित-निश्चयाःof firm/settled conviction
निश्चित-निश्चयाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनिश्चितनिश्चय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

तामिन्द्र उवाच गच्छ नहुषस्त्वया वाच्योथ<पूर्वेण मामृषियुक्तेन यानेन त्वमधिरूढ

K
Kapila
Ā
Āditya (Sun/solar orb)
S
Sāṅkhya ācāryas (teachers of Sāṅkhya)
V
Vidyā (personified Knowledge/power)

Educational Q&A

The verse links true philosophical discernment (Sāṅkhya’s settled conclusions about tattva) with a cosmic-theological identification: the eternal principle associated with knowledge is recognized as ‘Kapila’, situated in the solar sphere. It emphasizes that realized teachers name and recognize the eternal through disciplined insight.

Within the Shānti Parva’s reflective, didactic setting, a speaker presents an authoritative identification: Sāṅkhya teachers, confident in their conclusions, describe an eternal being—attended by Vidyā and abiding in the Sun—as Kapila. The line functions as a doctrinal affirmation rather than an action scene.