Shloka 31
नारद–असित (देवल) संवादः — भूतप्रभवाप्यय, इन्द्रिय-गुण-विवेक, क्षेत्रज्ञ-तत्त्व
न हिनस्ति नारभते नाभिद्रह्म॒ति किंचन । यज्ञो यष्टव्य इत्येव यो यजत्यफलेप्सया
na hinasti nārabhate nābhidrahmati kiñcana | yajño yaṣṭavya ityeva yo yajaty aphalepṣayā ||
‘यज्ञ करणे हेच कर्तव्य आहे’ असे समजून जो फलाची इच्छा न ठेवता यज्ञ करतो, तो न हिंसा करतो, न कोणावर द्रोह करतो, आणि न अहंकाराने कोणतेही कर्म आरंभतो.
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Perform obligatory acts (like yajña) without desire for personal gain. When action is grounded in duty rather than reward or ego, it avoids violence, hostility, and pride-driven initiative.
In the Śānti Parva’s philosophical instruction, Kapila is explaining how desireless performance of prescribed duty transforms ritual action into a non-harming, non-hostile ethical practice.