Shloka 7
Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga
Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda
इदं देयमिदं देयमिति चायं॑ प्रशस्यते । अतः: स्तैन्यं प्रभवाति विकर्माणि च जाजले
idaṃ deyam idaṃ deyam iti cāyaṃ praśasyate | ataḥ stainyaṃ prabhavati vikarmāṇi ca jājale jājale ||
Chūlādhāra dit : «On loue un sacrifice en disant : “Tel don doit être offert, et tel autre don doit être offert”, selon ce que prescrivent les traditions sacrées. Car lorsque le commanditaire, bien qu’en ayant les moyens, retient par avidité la rétribution due (dakṣiṇā), il fait naître une faute semblable au vol ; et le rite lui-même se déforme en une pratique fautive.»
चुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
A sacrifice is ethically complete only when the prescribed gifts (dakṣiṇā/dāna) are given according to one’s capacity and scriptural guidance; withholding them out of greed, despite having the means, is treated as a form of theft and corrupts the rite into vikarma (wrongful performance).
In the Chūlādhāra–Jājali discourse of Śānti Parva, Chūlādhāra instructs Jājali on dharma by emphasizing that ritual praise is tied to proper giving; neglecting the due offering turns a supposedly meritorious act into a morally blameworthy one.