Shloka 14
Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga
Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda
शड्कमाना: फल यज्ञे ये यजेरन् कथंचन । जायन्ते5डसाधवो धूर्ता लुब्धा वित्तप्रयोजना:
śaṅkamānāḥ phala-yajñe ye yajeran kathaṃcana | jāyante ’sādhavo dhūrtā lubdhā vitta-prayojanāḥ ||
Chūlādhāra dit : «Ceux qui, doutant qu’un sacrifice porte un fruit, s’adonnent pourtant d’une manière quelconque aux actes sacrificiels, poussés par l’espoir du gain, deviennent iniques : rusés, cupides, et mus par la richesse. Cet enseignement condamne le rite accompli dans le soupçon et l’intérêt personnel, et il exalte la pureté de l’intention plutôt que la seule apparence des gestes.»
चुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ritual action is judged by intention: performing sacrifice while doubting its value and aiming at personal gain leads to moral decline—greed, deceit, and unrighteousness—whereas purity of motive is central to dharma.
In Chulādhāra’s instruction, he critiques a class of sacrificers who participate in yajña with inner skepticism and a wealth-seeking agenda, contrasting them implicitly with those who act without fixation on results.