Shloka 39
कपिल–स्यूमरश्मि संवादः
Kapila and Syūmaraśmi on Renunciation, Householder Support, and Epistemic Authority
वधबन्धनिरोधेन कारयन्ति दिवानिशम् | आत्मनश्लापि जानाति यद् दुःखं वधबन्धने
vadhabandhanirodhena kārayanti divāniśam | ātmanaś cāpi jānāti yad duḥkhaṃ vadhabandhane |
图拉达拉说道：“人们从自身经历中知道，杀戮与囚禁何其痛苦；然而他们仍使他人陷于屠戮、束缚与牢狱之苦，逼其昼夜劳作。你为何不谴责他们？”
तुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
One should apply moral judgment consistently: if one recognizes suffering in oneself, it is unethical to inflict the same suffering on others through killing, bondage, or imprisonment, especially for exploitation.
Tulādhāra challenges his interlocutor’s moral focus, pointing out that people who understand the pain of violence and captivity still impose it on others and force them to work relentlessly; he asks why such perpetrators are not condemned.