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 ||
En accomplissant des actes néfastes, l’homme gagne les mêmes mondes que les autres pécheurs. Quiconque commet le mal en prenant pour norme ce qui n’en est pas une—en usant de fausses mesures pour justifier ses actes—tombe dans le mal.
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.