Shloka 40
Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga
Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda
आज्येन पयसा दध्ना पूर्णाहुत्या विशेषतः । वालै: शुड्रेण पादेन सम्भरत्येव गौर्मखम्
ājyena payasā dadhnā pūrṇāhutyā viśeṣataḥ | vālaiḥ śuḍreṇa pādena sambharatyeva gaur makham ||
图拉达罗说道：“祭祀以酥油、乳、凝乳而得圆满，尤以最后的圆满供献为最。至于虔信而无力备办者，母牛自身便为其成就祭祀：以尾毛之触、角间之水、蹄下之尘。由是可知，使供献生效者乃真诚之信，而非炫耀。”
तुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ritual efficacy depends on sincere faith and purity of intent, not on showy performance. When a devoted person lacks resources, even the simplest, humble supports of life—symbolized by the cow’s tail-hairs, horn-water, and foot-dust—can ‘complete’ the sacrifice, emphasizing compassion and inner dharma over ostentation.
Tulādhāra explains standards of true yajña: ideally it is completed with proper offerings like ghee, milk, curd, and especially the concluding pūrṇāhuti. Yet he adds that for sincere but poor worshippers, the cow—revered as sustaining life—symbolically supplies what is lacking, underscoring that devotion can sanctify even minimal means.