Shloka 3
Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga
Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda
ततो यज्ञ: प्रभवति नास्तिक्यमपि जल्पसि । न हि वर्तेदयं लोको वार्तामुत्सृज्य केवलाम्
tato yajñaḥ prabhavati nāstikyam api jalpasi | na hi varted ayaṃ loko vārtām utsṛjya kevalām ||
«ຈາກອາຊີບແລະວຽກງານຜະລິດເຊັ່ນນັ້ນ ຍັດຍາ (ຍະຊະ) ແລະພິທີກຳທີ່ຄ້ຳຈຸນສັງຄົມຈຶ່ງເກີດຂຶ້ນ. ແຕ່ເຈົ້າກໍຍັງເວົ້າດ້ວຍພາສາແຫ່ງຄວາມບໍ່ເຊື່ອ. ຖ້າເພາະສົງສານຄວາມທຸກຂອງສັດ ຈຶ່ງລະທິ້ງກະສິກຳແລະອາຊີບຈຳເປັນອື່ນໆໝົດສິ້ນ ຊີວິດໃນໂລກນີ້ກໍຈະດຳເນີນຕໍ່ບໍ່ໄດ້.»
तुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
Tulādhāra argues that society’s sustaining rites (yajña) depend on necessary livelihoods (vārttā). Ethical concern for harm must be balanced with the practical requirements that keep the world functioning; total abandonment of productive work would collapse social life.
In a dharma-discussion, Tulādhāra rebukes his interlocutor for speaking in a nāstika (denialist) manner and explains that if one rejects agriculture and other livelihoods due to concern for animal suffering, the world’s ordinary life and its sacrificial order would not continue.