Shloka 38
कपिल–स्यूमरश्मि संवादः
Kapila and Syūmaraśmi on Renunciation, Householder Support, and Epistemic Authority
हत्वा सत्त्वानि खादन्ति तान् कथं न विगर्हसे । मानुषा मानुषानेव दासभावेन भुज्जते
hatvā sattvāni khādanti tān kathaṁ na vigarhase | mānuṣā mānuṣān eva dāsabhāvena bhuñjate ||
图拉达拉质问那种选择性的道德愤怒：人们杀生而食之——你为何不谴责？人甚至把人当作奴隶，吞享其劳作之果。若这般暴力与剥削都被容忍，又凭什么单拎某一种做法来责难？此偈以伦理之锋刺破伪善，敦促对一切众生施以一致的法（dharma）尺度。
तुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches ethical consistency: if one condemns harm in one form, one must also condemn other widespread harms—killing creatures for food and exploiting humans as slaves. Dharma requires non-violence and fairness applied without hypocrisy.
Tulādhāra is responding in a moral debate, rebuking selective condemnation. He points to common social practices—slaughtering animals and enslaving humans—to question the listener’s standards and to redirect the discussion toward broader, principled dharma.