Shloka 15
Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga
Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda
स सम पापकृतां लोकान् गच्छेदशुभकर्मणा । प्रमाणमप्रमाणेन यः कुर्यादशुभं नर:
sa sama-pāpakṛtāṁ lokān gacched aśubha-karmaṇā | pramāṇam apramāṇena yaḥ kuryād aśubhaṁ naraḥ ||
Por ejecutar actos funestos, el hombre va a los mismos mundos que los demás pecadores. Quien comete el mal tomando por autoridad válida lo que no es verdadero criterio—usando medidas falsas para justificar su acción—cae en lo inicuo.
चुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wrongdoing cannot be legitimized by appealing to false standards; acting on invalid authority (apramāṇa) leads to sinful action and the same adverse karmic destinations as other evil-doers.
Cūlādhāra continues his ethical instruction, warning that a person who performs aśubha-karma—especially by misusing or fabricating ‘authority’ or ‘proof’—incurs the karmic fate associated with sinners.