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Shloka 10

कपिल–स्यूमरश्मि संवादः

Kapila and Syūmaraśmi on Renunciation, Householder Support, and Epistemic Authority

नानुरुद्धये निरुध्ये वा न द्वेष्मि न च कामये । समोऊ हं सर्वभूतेषु पश्य मे जाजले व्रतम्‌ । तुला मे सर्वभूतेषु समा तिष्तति जाजले,मैं न किसीसे अनुरोध करता हूँ न विरोध ही करता हूँ और न कहीं मेरा द्वेष है, न किसीसे कुछ कामना करता हूँ। समस्त प्राणियोंके प्रति मेरा समभाव है। जाजले! यही मेरा व्रत और नियम है, इसपर दृष्टिपात करो। मुने! मेरी तराजू सब मनुष्योंके लिये सम है-- सबके लिये बराबर तौलती है

nānuruddhaye niruddhye vā na dveṣmi na ca kāmaye | samo ’haṁ sarvabhūteṣu paśya me jājale vratam | tulā me sarvabhūteṣu samā tiṣṭhati jājale ||

Tulādhāra sprach: „Ich flehe niemanden an und stelle mich niemandem entgegen. Ich hasse nicht und begehre nicht. Allen Wesen gegenüber bleibe ich gleichmütig. Sieh, o Jājali: Das ist mein Gelübde und meine Zucht. Meine ‚Waage‘ steht für alle Geschöpfe im Gleichgewicht—ich messe jeden nach demselben Maßstab.“

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अनुरुद्धयेfor entreaty/for requesting
अनुरुद्धये:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootअनुरुद्धि
FormFeminine, Dative, Singular
निरुध्येI oppose / I restrain
निरुध्ये:
TypeVerb
Rootनिरुध्
FormPresent, Atmanepada, 1st, Singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
द्वेष्मिI hate
द्वेष्मि:
TypeVerb
Rootद्विष्
FormPresent, Parasmaipada, 1st, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
कामयेI desire
कामये:
TypeVerb
Rootकम्
FormPresent, Atmanepada, 1st, Singular
समःequal, impartial
समः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
FormNominative, Singular
सर्वभूतेषुamong all beings
सर्वभूतेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वभूत
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
पश्यsee
पश्य:
TypeVerb
Rootपश्
FormImperative, Parasmaipada, 2nd, Singular
मेmy
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
जाजलेO Jājali
जाजले:
TypeNoun
Rootजाजलि
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
व्रतम्vow, observance
व्रतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तुलाbalance/scale
तुला:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतुला
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
मेmy
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
सर्वभूतेषुamong all beings
सर्वभूतेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वभूत
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
समाequal
समा:
TypeAdjective
Rootसम
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तिष्ठतिstands, remains
तिष्ठति:
TypeVerb
Rootस्था
FormPresent, Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular
जाजलेO Jājali
जाजले:
TypeNoun
Rootजाजलि
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

तुलाधार उवाच

T
Tulādhāra
J
Jājali
T
tulā (balance/scale)

Educational Q&A

The core teaching is impartiality grounded in inner discipline: one should not be driven by craving or hatred, nor by the urge to coerce or resist others; instead, one should maintain equal regard for all beings, judging and treating them by a single, fair standard (symbolized by the ‘scale’).

In the Tulādhāra–Jājali episode of the Śānti Parva, Tulādhāra instructs the ascetic Jājali on true dharma. Here he states his personal vow: he neither begs nor obstructs, neither hates nor desires, and he remains even-minded toward all beings—his ‘balance’ is level for everyone.