Shloka 37
कपिल–स्यूमरश्मि संवादः
Kapila and Syūmaraśmi on Renunciation, Householder Support, and Epistemic Authority
ये च च्छिन्दन्ति वृषणान् ये च भिन्दन्ति नस्तकान् | वहन्ति महतो भारान् बध्नन्ति दमयन्ति च
ye ca cchindanti vṛṣaṇān ye ca bhindanti nastakān | vahanti mahato bhārān badhnanti damayanti ca ||
ຕຸລາທາຣາ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ແລ້ວຄົນທີ່ຕັດເອົາຄວາມເປັນພໍ່ພັນຂອງງົວຜູ້, ຄົນທີ່ເຈາະດັ່ງງົວ, ບັງຄັບໃຫ້ຫາບຂອງໜັກ, ມັດແລະຂົ່ມເຫັງໃຫ້ເຮັດວຽກ—ເປັນຫຍັງເຈົ້າຈຶ່ງບໍ່ຕຳນິເຂົາ? ເຊັ່ນດຽວກັນ ຄົນທີ່ຂ້າແລະກິນສັດມີຊີວິດຫຼາຍຊະນິດ, ແລະຄົນທີ່ເປັນມະນຸດແຕ່ກັບເຮັດໃຫ້ມະນຸດອື່ນເປັນທາດ ແລ້ວຕົນເອງເສບສຸກຈາກຜົນແຮງງານຂອງເຂົາ—ເປັນຫຍັງຈຶ່ງບໍ່ເປັນເປົ້າໝາຍແຫ່ງຄຳຕຳນິຂອງເຈົ້າ?»
तुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
Tulādhāra presses for moral consistency: if one condemns certain forms of harm, one must also recognize and condemn socially normalized harms—cruelty to animals through mutilation and forced labor, killing for food, and human exploitation through enslavement and appropriation of others’ labor.
In the Tulādhāra episode of Śānti Parva, Tulādhāra responds to a moral critic by pointing to everyday, accepted practices of violence and domination. He challenges selective outrage and redirects the discussion toward a broader, more impartial standard of dharma grounded in non-injury and fairness.