Shloka 53
कपिल–स्यूमरश्मि संवादः
Kapila and Syūmaraśmi on Renunciation, Householder Support, and Epistemic Authority
कारणाद् धर्ममन्विच्छेन्न लोकचरितं चरेत् । यो हन्याद् यश्च मां स्तौति तत्रापि शूणु जाजले
kāraṇād dharmam anvicchen na lokacaritaṃ caret | yo hanyād yaś ca māṃ stauti tatrāpi śṛṇu jājale ||
当以因与果来探求法（dharma），不可只因世人如此行便盲从其行。阇阇利啊，再听我说我自身的立场：打我者与赞我者，于我皆同。
तुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma should be adopted after rational ethical scrutiny—considering causes and outcomes—rather than by blindly imitating social convention; the wise also praise equanimity toward both harm and praise.
In the Tulādhāra–Jājali discourse of Śānti Parva, Tulādhāra instructs Jājali on how to discern true dharma and illustrates his own practice of impartiality: he treats an aggressor and a flatterer alike.