Shloka 41
Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga
Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda
पत्नीं चानेन विधिना प्रकरोति नियोजयन् । इष्टं तु दैवतं कृत्वा यथा यज्ञमवाप्रुयात्
patnīṁ cānena vidhinā prakaroti niyojayan | iṣṭaṁ tu daivataṁ kṛtvā yathā yajñam avāpnuyāt ||
图拉达罗说：“正以此修持，当以‘信’（śraddhā）为配偶，仿佛亲自缔造一位妻子，使酥油等供献得以恭敬奉献于神明。以祭祀（yajña）本身为所礼敬之对象，如法而行，便能抵达那位作为祭祀之人格者——毗湿奴（Viṣṇu），即‘祭祀之人’（Yajña-Puruṣa）。”
तुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches an interiorized ritual ethic: true sacrificial success depends on śraddhā (faith/reverence). By making faith one’s ‘wife’ (the essential partner in yajña) and treating yajña itself as the worship-worthy focus, one attains Viṣṇu as Yajñapuruṣa.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Tulādhāra explains how a practitioner should orient household and ritual life: offerings are to be made with reverence, and the sacrifice is to be regarded as sacred in itself, culminating in devotion to Viṣṇu as the divine reality reached through proper yajña.