Shloka 27
Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga
Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda
Devanagari script
स्वमेव चार्थ कुर्वाणा यज्ञं चक्कु: पुनर्द्धिजा:
Transliteration
svam eva cārthaṃ kurvāṇā yajñaṃ cakkuḥ punar dvijāḥ
Translation
丘拉达罗说道：“再一次，那些‘二生者’行祭祀时只为自身之利——把仪式当作谋取私益的手段，而非无私的奉献。”
Word by Word
स्वम्one's own (self/own property)
स्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अर्थम्wealth/means (artha)
अर्थम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
कुर्वाणाःdoing/making
कुर्वाणाः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) → कुर्वाण (शतृ/वर्तमान-कृदन्त प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
यज्ञम्sacrifice (yajña)
यज्ञम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
चक्रुःthey did/performed
चक्रुः:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथम, बहुवचन
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
द्विजाःthe twice-born (Brahmins)
द्विजाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
Speaker
चुलाधार उवाच
Characters & Entities
च
चुलाधार (Chulādhāra)द
द्विजाः (dvijāḥ)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Ritual action (yajña) is ethically judged by intention: when performed for personal gain, it loses its higher dharmic spirit and becomes self-serving rather than an offering.
Chulādhāra is speaking critically about certain ‘twice-born’ who perform sacrifices, emphasizing that they do so repeatedly with a self-centered motive, setting up a discussion on true dharma beyond mere ritualism.