Shloka 53
कपिल–स्यूमरश्मि संवादः
Kapila and Syūmaraśmi on Renunciation, Householder Support, and Epistemic Authority
कारणाद् धर्ममन्विच्छेन्न लोकचरितं चरेत् । यो हन्याद् यश्च मां स्तौति तत्रापि शूणु जाजले
kāraṇād dharmam anvicchen na lokacaritaṃ caret | yo hanyād yaś ca māṃ stauti tatrāpi śṛṇu jājale ||
因と果を省みてこそダルマを求むべきであり、世のならいをそのまま追ってはならぬ。ジャージャリよ、さらに我が立場を聞け。我を打つ者も我を讃える者も、我にとっては等しい。
तुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma should be adopted after rational ethical scrutiny—considering causes and outcomes—rather than by blindly imitating social convention; the wise also praise equanimity toward both harm and praise.
In the Tulādhāra–Jājali discourse of Śānti Parva, Tulādhāra instructs Jājali on how to discern true dharma and illustrates his own practice of impartiality: he treats an aggressor and a flatterer alike.