Shloka 2
कपिलगोसंवादे गृहस्थ-त्यागधर्मयोः प्रमाण्यविचारः
Kapila–Cow Dialogue: Authority of Householder and Renunciant Dharmas
भीष्मजीने कहा--राजन! धर्मके विषयमें जाजलिके साथ तुलाधार वैश्यकी जो बातें हुई थीं, उसी प्राचीन इतिहासका दिद्वान् पुरुष यहाँ उदाहरण दिया करते हैं ।।
bhīṣma uvāca—rājan! dharmaviṣaye jājalikena saha tulādhāra-vaiśyasya yā bātāḥ (kathāḥ) abhavan, tam eva prācīnam itihāsaṃ vidvān puruṣā iha udāharaṇatvena vadanti. vane vanacaraḥ kaścid jājalir nāma vai dvijaḥ; sāgaroddeśam āgamya tapas tepe mahātapāḥ.
毗湿摩说道：“大王啊，博学之士常在此引一则古事为例，以明达摩：昔日婆罗门贾阇利（Jājali）与商人图拉达罗（Tulādhāra）曾有一番论法之谈。其事云：有一婆罗门名贾阇利，居林野为行者，至海滨之地，修行极严之苦行，实为大苦行者。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma frames Dharma through an instructive precedent: the ancient dialogue between an ascetic Brahmin (Jajali) and a householder-merchant (Tuladhara). The verse signals that ethical insight is to be sought through exemplary narratives and that Dharma can be illuminated across different social roles.
Bhishma introduces an old story as an illustration. He begins by describing Jajali: a Brahmin living in the forest who travels to the coastal region and undertakes intense austerities, setting the stage for his later encounter and discussion with the merchant Tuladhara.