Shloka 10
कपिल–स्यूमरश्मि संवादः
Kapila and Syūmaraśmi on Renunciation, Householder Support, and Epistemic Authority
नानुरुद्धये निरुध्ये वा न द्वेष्मि न च कामये । समोऊ हं सर्वभूतेषु पश्य मे जाजले व्रतम् । तुला मे सर्वभूतेषु समा तिष्तति जाजले
nānuruddhaye niruddhye vā na dveṣmi na ca kāmaye | samo ’haṁ sarvabhūteṣu paśya me jājale vratam | tulā me sarvabhūteṣu samā tiṣṭhati jājale ||
Tulādhāra berkata: “Aku tidak merayu sesiapa dan tidak pula menentang sesiapa. Aku tidak membenci dan tidak mengingini. Aku bersikap sama rata terhadap semua makhluk. Wahai Jājali, inilah nazarku dan disiplinku—lihatlah. Wahai muni, ‘timbangan’ku tegak seimbang bagi semua—menilai setiap insan dengan ukuran yang sama.”
तुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
The core teaching is impartiality grounded in inner discipline: one should not be driven by craving or hatred, nor by the urge to coerce or resist others; instead, one should maintain equal regard for all beings, judging and treating them by a single, fair standard (symbolized by the ‘scale’).
In the Tulādhāra–Jājali episode of the Śānti Parva, Tulādhāra instructs the ascetic Jājali on true dharma. Here he states his personal vow: he neither begs nor obstructs, neither hates nor desires, and he remains even-minded toward all beings—his ‘balance’ is level for everyone.