Shloka 9
कपिलगोसंवादे गृहस्थ-त्यागधर्मयोः प्रमाण्यविचारः
Kapila–Cow Dialogue: Authority of Householder and Renunciant Dharmas
द्विजश्रेष्ठ काशीमें महायशस्वी तुलाधार रहते हैं, जो वणिक्-धर्मका पालन करते हैं; किंतु वे भी ऐसी बात नहीं कह सकते, जैसी आज आप कह रहे हैं' ।।
dvijaśreṣṭha kāśyāṃ mahāyaśasvī tulādhāro vasati, yo vaṇik-dharmam ācarati; kintu sa api tādṛśīṃ vācam na śaknoti vaktum yādṛśīm adya bhavān vadati. ity ukto jājaliḥ bhūtaiḥ pratyuvāca mahātapāḥ—paśyeyaṃ tam ahaṃ prājñaṃ tulādhāraṃ yaśasvinam.
“O pinakamainam sa mga Brahmana, sa Kāśī ay may isang tanyag na lalaking nagngangalang Tulādhāra, na tumutupad sa tungkulin ng isang mangangalakal; ngunit maging siya man ay hindi makapagsasalita gaya ng sinasabi mo ngayon.” Nang sabihin ito ng mga nilalang na di-nakikita, sumagot ang dakilang asceta na si Jājali: “Maaari ko bang masilayan ang marunong at marangal na si Tulādhāra?”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma and true wisdom are not guaranteed by ascetic identity alone; ethical excellence can be embodied by a householder—here, a merchant—whose lived practice of fairness and restraint may surpass mere claims or pride.
Unseen beings tell the ascetic Jājali that in Kāśī there is a famed merchant, Tulādhāra, associated with exemplary conduct, and that even he would not speak as Jājali is speaking. Prompted by this, Jājali asks to meet (see) Tulādhāra, setting up a teacher–seeker encounter.