Shloka 47
कपिलगोसंवादे गृहस्थ-त्यागधर्मयोः प्रमाण्यविचारः
Kapila–Cow Dialogue: Authority of Householder and Renunciant Dharmas
तुलाधार उवाच आयानेवासि विदितो मम ब्रह्मन् न संशय: । ब्रवीमि यत् तु वचन तच्छुणुष्व द्विजोत्तम
tulādhāra uvāca | āyāne evāsi vidito mama brahman na saṁśayaḥ | bravīmi yat tu vacanaṁ tac chṛṇuṣva dvijottama ||
ତୁଳାଧାର କହିଲେ—ହେ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ! ଆପଣ ମୋ ପାଖକୁ ଆସୁଛନ୍ତି ବୋଲି ମୋତେ ପୂର୍ବରୁ ଜଣା ଥିଲା; ଏଥିରେ ସନ୍ଦେହ ନାହିଁ। ହେ ଦ୍ୱିଜୋତ୍ତମ! ଏବେ ମୁଁ ଯେ କଥା କହିବି, ତାହା ଧ୍ୟାନଦେଇ ଶୁଣନ୍ତୁ।
तुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse sets an ethical and pedagogical tone: the speaker claims clear foreknowledge and then calls for attentive listening, emphasizing receptivity and disciplined hearing as prerequisites for dharma-instruction.
Tulādhāra addresses a Brahmin visitor, stating that the visitor’s arrival was already known to him and inviting him to listen carefully to the forthcoming discourse.