Shloka 43
Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga
Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda
जाजले तीर्थमात्मैव मा सम देशातिथिभर्भव । एतानीदृशकान् धर्मानाचरन्निह जाजले
jājale tīrtham ātmaiva mā sama deśātithibhar bhava | etānīdṛśakān dharmān ācarann iha jājale ||
ທຸລາທາຣາ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ຈາຈາລິ, ຕົນເອງນີ້ແຫຼະແມ່ນທີ່ຂ້າມນ້ຳອັນສັກສິດ (tīrtha) ຂອງເຈົ້າ. ຢ່າເປັນຜູ້ທີ່ເບິ່ງເບົາແຂກ ດັ່ງກັບວ່າທຸກສະຖານທີ່ ແລະ ທຸກຄົນເທົ່າກັນໄປໝົດ. ໂດຍປະພຶດທຳໜ້າທີ່ເຊັ່ນນີ້—ການເຄົາລົບ ແລະ ຮັບໃຊ້ແຂກ—ຄົນຍ່ອມບໍລິສຸດໄດ້ໃນທີ່ນີ້ເອງ, ໂອ ຈາຈາລິ.»
तुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
True purification is grounded in one’s own conduct: the ‘tīrtha’ is the disciplined self, and a key expression of dharma is honoring the atithi (guest) rather than neglecting them under a mistaken idea of indifferent ‘sameness’.
In the Tulādhāra–Jājali discourse of Śānti Parva, the householder-sage Tulādhāra instructs the ascetic Jājali, emphasizing practical ethical duties—especially hospitality—as superior to merely external notions of pilgrimage or spiritual attainment.