Shloka 7
Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga
Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda
इदं देयमिदं देयमिति चायं॑ प्रशस्यते । अतः: स्तैन्यं प्रभवाति विकर्माणि च जाजले
idaṃ deyam idaṃ deyam iti cāyaṃ praśasyate | ataḥ stainyaṃ prabhavati vikarmāṇi ca jājale jājale ||
丘拉达罗说道：“人们称赞祭祀时常说：‘应当施此供献，应当施彼供献’，皆依圣传所定。因为若施主明明有力，却因贪欲扣留应给的酬施（达克希那），便生起如同盗取之过；而仪式本身也随之扭曲，沦为邪行之业。”
चुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
A sacrifice is ethically complete only when the prescribed gifts (dakṣiṇā/dāna) are given according to one’s capacity and scriptural guidance; withholding them out of greed, despite having the means, is treated as a form of theft and corrupts the rite into vikarma (wrongful performance).
In the Chūlādhāra–Jājali discourse of Śānti Parva, Chūlādhāra instructs Jājali on dharma by emphasizing that ritual praise is tied to proper giving; neglecting the due offering turns a supposedly meritorious act into a morally blameworthy one.