Shloka 8
Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga
Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda
यदेव सुकृतं हव्यं तेन तुष्यन्ति देवता: । नमस्कारेण हविषा स्वाध्यायैरौषधैस्तथा
yad eva sukṛtaṃ havyaṃ tena tuṣyanti devatāḥ | namaskāreṇa haviṣā svādhyāyair auṣadhais tathā
Chūlādhāra sprach: „Die Götter werden allein durch das zufrieden, was wahrhaft gut vollbracht und als Opfergabe würdig ist. Sie erfreuen sich an ehrfürchtigen Verneigungen als ihrer Oblation, am Selbststudium (svādhyāya) und ebenso an heilenden Kräutern.“
चुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
True merit (sukṛta) is itself the real offering: the divine is satisfied not only by external ritual substances but also by reverence (namaskāra), disciplined self-study (svādhyāya), and acts that heal and sustain life (auṣadhi).
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Chulādhāra speaks as a moral teacher, redefining sacrifice by emphasizing inner disposition and ethical, life-supporting practices as valid ‘oblations’ that please the gods.