Shloka 273
Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga
Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda
परिनिछितकर्माण: प्रजानुग्रहकाम्यया । ज्ञानी ब्राह्मणोंने अपनेको ही यज्ञका उपकरण मानकर मानसिक यज्ञका अनुष्ठान किया है। उन्होंने प्रजाहितकी कामनासे ही मानसिक यज्ञका अनुष्ठान किया है
pariniścita-karmāṇaḥ prajā-anugraha-kāmyayā | jñānī brāhmaṇaḥ ātmānam eva yajñasya upakaraṇaṃ matvā mānasa-yajñasya anuṣṭhānaṃ kṛtavān | sa prajā-hita-kāmanayā eva mānasa-yajñasya anuṣṭhānaṃ kṛtavān |
चूलाधार उवाच—परिनिश्चितकर्माणः प्रजानुग्रहकाम्यया। ज्ञानी ब्राह्मणः स्वात्मानमेव यज्ञसाधनं मत्वा मानसं यज्ञमनुतिष्ठत्; स प्रजाहितकामनयैव तं मानसं यज्ञं समापयामास॥
चुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
True sacrifice can be internal: a wise person treats the self as the instrument of worship and performs a ‘mental yajña’ motivated not by display or gain, but by compassion and the welfare of all beings.
Chulādhāra describes a spiritually wise brāhmaṇa who, with firm resolve, performs an inward (mental) sacrifice. The emphasis is on intention—undertaking disciplined inner practice specifically for the benefit of the people/creatures.