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 ||
ତୁଳାଧାର କହିଲେ—ହେ ଜାଜଲି! ତୁମ ନିଜ ଆତ୍ମା ହିଁ ତୁମର ତୀର୍ଥ। ଅତିଥି ପ୍ରତି ଉଦାସୀନ ହୋଇ ‘ସବୁ ଦେଶ-ସ୍ଥାନ ଓ ସବୁ ଲୋକ ସମାନ’ ବୋଲି ଭାବିବା ଉଚିତ୍ ନୁହେଁ। ଏପରି ଧର୍ମ—ବିଶେଷତଃ ଅତିଥି-ସତ୍କାର ଓ ସେବା—ଆଚରଣ କଲେ, ହେ ଜାଜଲି, ଏହି ଲୋକରେ ହିଁ ଶୁଦ୍ଧି ମିଳେ।
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.