Shloka 126
Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga
Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda
अकृष्टपच्या पृथिवी आशीर्भिवीरुधो भवन् | पहलेके लोग कर्तव्य समझकर यज्ञमें श्रद्धापूर्वक प्रवृत्त होते थे और उस यज्ञसे उनकी सम्पूर्ण कामनाएँ स्वतः पूर्ण हो जाती थीं। पृथ्वीसे बिना जोते-बोये ही काफी अन्न पैदा होता तथा जगत्की भलाईके लिये उनके शुभ संकल्पसे ही वृक्षों और लताओंमें फल-फ़ूल लगते थे
akṛṣṭapacyā pṛthivī āśīrbhir vīrudho bhavan | pūrveke lokāḥ kartavyaṃ samajñāya yajñe śraddhayā pravṛttāḥ sma, tena yajñena ca teṣāṃ samagrāḥ kāmanāḥ svayam eva paripūryante sma | pṛthivyā akṛṣṭābījāyāṃ bahu annaṃ jāyate sma, jagad-hitāya ca teṣāṃ śubha-saṅkalpād eva vṛkṣa-latāsu phala-puṣpāṇi prādurabhavann iti ||
Chulādhāra said: In former times the earth yielded crops without being ploughed, and plants flourished through blessings. People of old, taking sacrifice to be their duty, engaged in it with faith; and by that sacrifice all their desires were fulfilled of themselves. From the earth, even without tilling or sowing, abundant grain arose; and for the welfare of the world, merely through their auspicious resolve, trees and creepers bore fruits and flowers.
चुलाधार उवाच