Shloka 24
कपिल–स्यूमरश्मि संवादः
Kapila and Syūmaraśmi on Renunciation, Householder Support, and Epistemic Authority
जैसे यहाँ नदीकी धारामें दैवेच्छासे बहता हुआ काठ अकस्मात् किसी दूसरे काठसे संयुक्त हो जाता है; फिर वहाँ दूसरे-दूसरे काष्ठ
yathā iha nadī-dhārāyāṃ daivecchayā bahatā kāṣṭham akasmāt kasyacid anyena kāṣṭhena saṃyujyate; punaḥ tatra nānā-vidhāni kāṣṭhāni tṛṇāni laghu-kāṣṭhāni śuṣka-gomayāni ca āgatya parasparaṃ saṃyujyante, kintu eṣāṃ sarveṣāṃ saṃyogaḥ akasmika eva, na tu saṃkalpataḥ (evam eva saṃsāre prāṇināṃ paraspara-saṃyoga-viyogau bhavataḥ) || yasmān nodvijate bhūtaṃ jātu kiṃcit kathaṃcana | abhayaṃ sarva-bhūtebhyaḥ sa prāpnoti sadā mune ||
トゥーラーダーラは言った。「川の流れの中で、運命の意のままに流される木片が、ふと別の木片に触れる。すると同じ場所に、ほかの丸太や藁や小枝、さらには乾いた牛糞までもが流れ着き、互いに絡みつく——だがその結びつきはすべて偶然であって、意図された企ての結果ではない。同じように、この世では生きとし生けるものが幾度も出会い、また別れてゆく。ゆえに、賢者よ、いかなる仕方によっても一つの生きものすら乱さぬ者は、常にあらゆる生類からの無畏を得るのである。」
तुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
Associations and separations among beings are largely accidental and governed by forces beyond personal control; therefore one should live so as not to disturb any creature. Such harmlessness (non-agitation of others) yields reciprocal safety—fearlessness from all beings.
Tulādhāra illustrates a moral point with a river-current image: floating debris (logs, straw, small sticks, dried cow-dung) meets and clumps together without intention, then disperses. He applies this to human and creaturely relationships in saṃsāra and concludes with an ethical injunction toward universal non-harming.