Shloka 13
कपिल–स्यूमरश्मि संवादः
Kapila and Syūmaraśmi on Renunciation, Householder Support, and Epistemic Authority
यथान्धबधिरोन्मत्ता उच्छवासपरमा: सदा । देवैरपिहितद्वारा: सोपमा पश्यतो मम
yathāndhabadhironmattā ucchvāsaparamāḥ sadā | devair apihitadvārāḥ sopamā paśyato mama ||
ທຸລາທາຣາ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ເຫມືອນຄົນຕາບອດ, ຫູໜວກ, ແລະຄົນບ້າ—ຜູ້ທີ່ປະຕູແຫ່ງການຮັບຮູ້ (ຕາ, ຫູ ແລະອື່ນໆ) ຖືກເທວະປິດໄວ້—ຍັງຄົງມີແຕ່ການຫາຍໃຈຢູ່ເທົ່ານັ້ນ; ສະພາບຂອງຂ້ອຍ ແມ່ນຜູ້ເຫັນ ກໍຄ້າຍກັນ. ຄືວ່າ ເຖິງຈະເຫັນກໍບໍ່ ‘ເຫັນ’, ເຖິງຈະໄດ້ຍິນກໍບໍ່ ‘ໄດ້ຍິນ’, ບໍ່ໃຫ້ໃຈໄຫຼໄປຫາອາລົມວັດຖຸ; ຂ້ອຍຢູ່ເປັນພະຍານ ແລະຄົງໄວ້ແຕ່ການຫາຍໃຈເຂົ້າອອກເທົ່ານັ້ນ».
तुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches inner detachment and mastery over the senses: the wise person remains a mere witness (sākṣin), not appropriating sensory experience as ‘I see/I hear,’ and not letting the mind chase objects—living with minimal, necessary activity, symbolized by simple breathing.
Tulādhāra describes his own spiritual state to his interlocutor: although he appears to function normally, he claims to be like one whose sense-gates are closed—engaging the world without inner grasping, maintaining equanimity and non-involvement while continuing basic life-functions.