Shloka 36
Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga
Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda
न श्राववयन् न च यजन् न ददद् ब्राह्मणेषु च । काम्यां वृत्ति लिप्समान: कां गतिं याति जाजले । इदं तु दैवतं कृत्वा यथा यज्ञमवाप्रुयात्
na śrāvayan na ca yajan na dadad brāhmaṇeṣu ca | kāmyāṃ vṛttiṃ lipsamānaḥ kāṃ gatiṃ yāti jājale || idaṃ tu daivataṃ kṛtvā yathā yajñam avāpnuyāt, jājale ||
丘拉达罗说：“阇阇利啊，那婆罗门若不使吠陀得以诵习，不行祭祀，不施与诸婆罗门，而以贪求悦意享乐为生——他将趋向何等归宿？他必堕入卑劣可责之途。然若有人以无欲之法为其神明，奉之为至上所敬，则得祭祀之真实果报——解脱（mokṣa）。”
चुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
Desire-driven conduct (kāmyā vṛtti) and neglect of one’s ethical-religious duties leads to a degraded destiny, whereas treating desireless dharma as the supreme object of reverence yields the real fruit of sacrifice—mokṣa (liberation).
In the Chūlādhāra–Jājali discourse of the Śānti Parva, Chūlādhāra instructs the ascetic Jājali by contrasting outward, desire-motivated religiosity with inner, desireless commitment to dharma, redefining ‘yajña’s true result as liberation rather than worldly gain.