Shloka 163
Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga
Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda
ब्रह्मैव वर्तते लोके नैव कर्तव्यतां पुन: । जो करने योग्य कर्मोको अपना कर्तव्य समझता है और उसका पालन न होनेपर भय मानता है
brahmaiva vartate loke naiva kartavyatāṃ punaḥ |
この世に遍満し、働いているのはただブラフマンのみである。ゆえに、それとは別に人を縛る「なすべきこと」は存在しない。祭儀の諸要素—祭官、供物、真言、そして火—のすべてをブラフマンそのものと観じ、いかなる務めも「我がもの」と取り込まず（行為者としての我慢を離れた者）、その人こそ真のブラーフマナである。
चुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
Seeing Brahman as the sole reality behind all actions and ritual elements dissolves the ego of doership and possessive duty; true brāhmaṇa-hood is defined by this non-appropriating wisdom rather than by mere ritual performance.
Cūlādhāra is instructing his interlocutor in Śānti Parva by redefining dharma and brahminhood: he shifts the focus from fear-driven obligation and external ritual identity to inner realization—everything involved in sacrifice is Brahman, and one should act without the conceit ‘I am the doer’ or ‘this duty is mine’.