Shloka 8
Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga
Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda
यदेव सुकृतं हव्यं तेन तुष्यन्ति देवता: । नमस्कारेण हविषा स्वाध्यायैरौषधैस्तथा
yad eva sukṛtaṃ havyaṃ tena tuṣyanti devatāḥ | namaskāreṇa haviṣā svādhyāyair auṣadhais tathā
チューラーダーラは言った。「神々が満足するのは、まことに善く成され、供物としてふさわしいもの、それのみである。彼らは恭敬の礼拝を供物として喜び、スヴァーディヤーヤ（聖典の自習・誦習）を喜び、また癒やしの薬草をも喜ぶ。」
चुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
True merit (sukṛta) is itself the real offering: the divine is satisfied not only by external ritual substances but also by reverence (namaskāra), disciplined self-study (svādhyāya), and acts that heal and sustain life (auṣadhi).
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Chulādhāra speaks as a moral teacher, redefining sacrifice by emphasizing inner disposition and ethical, life-supporting practices as valid ‘oblations’ that please the gods.