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 |
ໃນໂລກນີ້ ພຣະພຣະຫມັນ (Brahman) ແຕ່ພຽງອົງດຽວເທົ່ານັ້ນທີ່ແຜ່ຊຶມແລະດຳເນີນການ; ດັ່ງນັ້ນຈຶ່ງບໍ່ມີ “ສິ່ງທີ່ຕ້ອງເຮັດ” ອັນຜູກມັດແຍກອອກຈາກພຣະນັ້ນ. ຜູ້ໃດເຫັນອົງປະກອບແຫ່ງພິທີ—ຜູ້ປະກອບພິທີ, ເຄື່ອງຖວາຍ, ມົນຕຣາ, ແລະໄຟ—ລ້ວນແຕ່ເປັນພຣະພຣະຫມັນ ແລະບໍ່ຍຶດໜ້າທີ່ໃດໆວ່າ “ຂອງຂ້ອຍ” (ປອດຈາກອະຫັງການແຫ່ງຜູ້ກະທຳ) ຜູ້ນັ້ນແຫຼະແມ່ນພຣາຫມະນະທີ່ແທ້.
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’.