Shloka 21
कपिल–स्यूमरश्मि संवादः
Kapila and Syūmaraśmi on Renunciation, Householder Support, and Epistemic Authority
अनाचारसे सनातन धर्म मोहयुक्त होकर नष्ट हो जाता है। उसके द्वारा विद्वान, तपस्वी तथा काम-क्रोधको जीतनेवाला बलवान पुरुष भी मोहमें पड़ जाता है ।।
anācārase sanātana-dharmaḥ moha-yuktaḥ bhūtvā naśyati | tena vidvān tapasvī ca kāma-krodha-jayī balavān api puruṣo mohe nimajjati || ācārāj jāyate prājñaḥ kṣipraṃ dharmam avāpnuyāt | evaṃ yaḥ sādhubhir ādāntaś cared adroha-cetasā, jājale, sa vidvān veda-bodhitam sadācāraṃ pālayitvā kṣipraṃ dharmasya rahasyaṃ jānāti ||
图拉达罗说道：当人背离正当的行持（ācāra）时，永恒之法（sanātana dharma）便被迷妄所遮蔽而趋于毁坏。因这般失足，即便是博学之士——苦行者、强健者、能胜欲与怒者——也仍会被牵入迷惘。由正行而成智者，亦能迅速证得法。是故，迦阇离啊（Jājali），那位自制之人，心中不怀对他人的恶意，依循善人所奉持的行持而生活；他既有学识，又遵行吠陀所教的善行，便能很快洞见法之内秘。
तुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is safeguarded and understood through ācāra (right conduct) grounded in the example of the virtuous and in Vedic guidance; without such conduct, delusion can overwhelm even the learned and self-controlled.
In the Tulādhāra–Jājali discourse of Śānti Parva, Tulādhāra instructs the sage Jājali that ethical practice—especially living without malice and following the conduct upheld by good people—leads quickly to insight into dharma’s deeper principle.