Shloka 40
कपिल–स्यूमरश्मि संवादः
Kapila and Syūmaraśmi on Renunciation, Householder Support, and Epistemic Authority
पज्चेन्द्रियेषु भूतेषु सर्व वसति दैवतम् । आदित्यश्रन्द्रमा वायुर्त्रह्या प्राण: क्रतुर्यम:
pañcendriyeṣu bhūteṣu sarvaṃ vasati daivatam | ādityaś candramā vāyus trayaḥ prāṇaḥ kratur yamaḥ ||
Tulādhāra teaches that within the beings constituted by the five senses, the divine is present everywhere. In such embodied life, the Sun, the Moon, and the Wind are to be understood as the threefold vital force; and along with them stand sacred rite (disciplined action) and Yama (moral restraint and the lord of justice). The ethical point is that reverence and self-control are grounded in recognizing divinity pervading all living beings and in honoring the life-sustaining powers that uphold order.
तुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
That the divine pervades all five-sensed living beings, and that recognizing the life-sustaining cosmic powers (Sun, Moon, Wind as prāṇa) supports an ethic of restraint, reverence, and dharmic conduct.
In the Tulādhāra discourse of the Śānti Parva, Tulādhāra instructs his interlocutor on dharma by pointing to the indwelling divinity in all beings and to the cosmic principles that sustain life and moral order.