Shloka 34
Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga
Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda
ओषधीभिस्तथा ब्रह्मन् यजेरंस्ते न तादृशा: । इति त्यागं पुरस्कृत्य तादृशं प्रब्रवीमि ते
oṣadhībhis tathā brahman yajerāṁs te na tādṛśāḥ | iti tyāgaṁ puraskṛtya tādṛśaṁ prabravīmi te, brahman |
হে ব্ৰাহ্মণ! সেয়ে সেই যোগসিদ্ধ পুৰুষসকলে ঔষধি—অন্ন আদি—দ্বাৰা যজ্ঞ কৰিব পাৰে; কিন্তু আগতে বৰ্ণিত মোহগ্ৰস্ত মূঢ় লোকসকলে তেনে যজ্ঞ কৰিব নোৱাৰে। কৰ্মফলত্যাগী মহাত্মাসকলৰ এই আশ্চৰ্য মহিমা দেখি, মই ত্যাগক আগত ৰাখি তোমাক এই কথা কৈছোঁ।
चुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
True sacrifice is grounded in tyāga—especially renunciation of the fruits of action. Those with yogic maturity can make even simple offerings (herbs/food) into a genuine yajña, whereas deluded people cannot, because the inner disposition is lacking.
Cūlādhāra addresses a brahmin interlocutor and contrasts spiritually accomplished persons with the deluded. He explains that the former can perform meaningful sacrifice through ordinary means like plant-based offerings, and he frames his instruction by putting renunciation at the center.