Tuladhara Answers Jajali on True Sacrifice

Verse 1 (12.269.1)

यथा प्रवर्तितो धर्मस्तुलां धारयता त्वया । स्वर्गद्वारं च वृत्तिं च भूतानामवरोत्स्यते ॥

yathā pravartito dharmastulāṃ dhārayatā tvayā | svargadvāraṃ ca vṛttiṃ ca bhūtānāmavarotsyate

"Through the way you have set dharma going, holding the scales, the gate of heaven and the livelihood of living beings will be blocked."

Note on the text: Corrected वत्तिं → वृत्तिं (misprint in Wikisource; CE 12.255.1 reads वृत्तिं, and वत्ति is not a word).

Verse 2 (12.269.2)

कृष्या ह्यन्नं प्रभवति ततस्त्वमपि जीवसि । पशुभिश्चौषधीभिश्च मर्त्या जीवन्ति वाणिज ॥

kṛṣyā hyannaṃ prabhavati tatastvamapi jīvasi | paśubhiścauṣadhībhiśca martyā jīvanti vāṇija

"From farming grain comes forth, and from it you too live; by cattle and by plants, O trader, mortal men stay alive."

Note on the text: Corrected जिवसि → जीवसि (misprint in Wikisource; short इ for long ई, CE 12.255.2 reads जीवसि).

Verse 3 (12.269.3)

ततो यज्ञः प्रभवति नास्तिक्यमपि जल्पसि । न हि वर्तेदयं लोको वार्तामुत्सृज्य केवलाम् ॥

tato yajñaḥ prabhavati nāstikyamapi jalpasi | na hi vartedayaṃ loko vārtāmutsṛjya kevalām

"From that comes sacrifice, and yet you speak words of unbelief. This world could not go on if it gave up the livelihood of farming and trade altogether."

Verse 4 (12.269.4)

वक्ष्यामि जाजले वृत्तिं नास्मि ब्राह्मण नास्तिकः । न यज्ञं च विनिन्दामि यज्ञवित्तु सुदुर्लभः ॥

vakṣyāmi jājale vṛttiṃ nāsmi brāhmaṇa nāstikaḥ | na yajñaṃ ca vinindāmi yajñavittu sudurlabhaḥ

"I shall tell you my way of life, Jajali. I am no unbeliever, O brahmin, and I do not condemn sacrifice; but one who truly knows sacrifice is very hard to find."

Verse 5 (12.269.5)

नमो ब्राह्मण यज्ञाय ये च यज्ञविदो जनाः । स्वयज्ञं ब्राह्मणा हित्वा क्षत्रयज्ञमनुष्ठिताः ॥

namo brāhmaṇa yajñāya ye ca yajñavido janāḥ | svayajñaṃ brāhmaṇā hitvā kṣatrayajñamanuṣṭhitāḥ

"Homage, O brahmin, to sacrifice, and to those people who know sacrifice. Brahmins have given up their own sacrifice and taken up the sacrifice of warriors."

Verse 6 (12.269.6)

लुब्धैर्वित्तपरैर्ब्रह्मन्नास्तिकैः संप्रवर्तितम् । वेदवादानभिज्ञानां सत्याभासमिवानृतम् ॥

lubdhairvittaparairbrahmannāstikaiḥ saṃpravartitam | vedavādānabhijñānāṃ satyābhāsamivānṛtam

"It has been set going, O brahmin, by greedy, wealth-minded unbelievers who know nothing of the teachings of the Veda: a falsehood that looks like truth."

Verse 7 (12.269.7)

इदं देयमिदं देयमिति नान्यच्चिकीर्षति । अतः स्तैन्यं प्रभवति विकर्माणि च जाजले ॥

idaṃ deyamidaṃ deyamiti nānyaccikīrṣati | ataḥ stainyaṃ prabhavati vikarmāṇi ca jājale

"'This is to be given, this is to be given' - they wish to do nothing else. From this, Jajali, arise theft and wrongful deeds."

Note on the text: Lines a and c of CE 12.255.7 (CE reads नान्तं for नान्यत्; the star lines *0705 between them are not in Wikisource).

Verse 8 (12.269.8)

यदेव सुकृतं हव्यं तेन तुष्यन्ति देवताः । नमस्कारेण हविषा स्वाध्यायैरौषधैस्तथा । पूजा स्याद्देवतानां हि यथाशास्त्रनिदर्शनम् ॥

yadeva sukṛtaṃ havyaṃ tena tuṣyanti devatāḥ | namaskāreṇa haviṣā svādhyāyairauṣadhaistathā | pūjā syāddevatānāṃ hi yathāśāstranidarśanam

"Whatever offering is well made, with that the gods are pleased: with homage, with the oblation, with Vedic recitation and with herbs. Worship of the gods is as the scriptures show."

Note on the text: First line = CE 12.255.7e; lines 2-3 = CE 12.255.8a, 8c.

Verse 9 (12.269.9)

इष्टापूर्तादसाधूनां विदुषां जायते प्रजा । लुब्धेभ्यो जायते लुब्धः समेभ्यो जायते समः ॥

iṣṭāpūrtādasādhūnāṃ viduṣāṃ jāyate prajā | lubdhebhyo jāyate lubdhaḥ samebhyo jāyate samaḥ

"From the sacrifices and pious works of the wicked, and of the learned, children are born; from the greedy the greedy is born, from the even-minded the even-minded."

Note on the text: Wikisource reads विदुषां where CE reads विषमा (a footnote on the page records विगुणा as a manuscript reading); recension variant, kept.

Verse 10 (12.269.10)

यजमाना यथाऽऽत्मानमृत्विजश्च तथा प्रजाः । यज्ञात्प्रजा प्रभवति नभसोऽम्भ इवामलम् ॥

yajamānā yathā''tmānamṛtvijaśca tathā prajāḥ | yajñātprajā prabhavati nabhaso'mbha ivāmalam

"As the sacrificers are in themselves, and likewise the priests, so are the offspring; from sacrifice offspring come forth, like clear water from the sky."

Verse 11 (12.269.11)

अग्नौ प्रास्ताहुतिर्ब्रह्मन्नादित्यमुपगच्छति । आदित्याज्जायते वृष्टिर्वृष्टेरन्नं ततः प्रजाः ॥

agnau prāstāhutirbrahmannādityamupagacchati | ādityājjāyate vṛṣṭirvṛṣṭerannaṃ tataḥ prajāḥ

"An oblation cast into the fire, O brahmin, reaches the sun; from the sun rain is born, from rain food, and from food, creatures."

Verse 12 (12.269.12)

तस्मात्सुनिष्ठिताः पूर्वे सर्वान्कामांश्च लेभिरे । अकृष्टपच्या पृथिवी आशीर्भिर्वीरुधोऽभवन् ॥

tasmātsuniṣṭhitāḥ pūrve sarvānkāmāṃśca lebhire | akṛṣṭapacyā pṛthivī āśīrbhirvīrudho'bhavan

"Therefore the ancients, firmly established in it, obtained all their desires. The earth yielded its produce without being ploughed, and at their blessings the plants sprang up."

Note on the text: Corrected वीररुधोऽभवन् → वीरुधोऽभवन् (misprint in Wikisource; doubled र, CE 12.255.12c reads वीरुधोऽभवन्). Lines 1-2 = CE 12.255.12a, 12c.

Verse 13 (12.269.13)

न ते यज्ञेष्वात्मसु वा फलं पश्यन्ति किंचन । शङ्कमानाः फलं यज्ञे ये यजेरन्कथंचन ॥

na te yajñeṣvātmasu vā phalaṃ paśyanti kiṃcana | śaṅkamānāḥ phalaṃ yajñe ye yajerankathaṃcana

"They see no fruit whatever in the sacrifices or in themselves, those who perform sacrifice in any way at all while doubting its fruit."

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 12.255.12e; line 2 = CE 12.255.13a.

Verse 14 (12.269.14)

जानन्तः सर्वथा साधु लुब्धा वित्तप्रयोजनाः । स स्म पापकृतां लोकान्गच्छेदशुभकर्मणा ॥

jānantaḥ sarvathā sādhu lubdhā vittaprayojanāḥ | sa sma pāpakṛtāṃ lokāngacchedaśubhakarmaṇā

"Though they know it well in every way, being greedy and bent on gain, such a man goes by his unholy act to the worlds of those who do evil."

Note on the text: Corrected गुच्छेद् → गच्छेद् (misprint in Wikisource; CE 12.255.14a reads गच्छेद्). Line 1 is a variant of CE 12.255.13c (जायन्तेऽसाधवो धूर्ता लुब्धा वित्तप्रयोजनाः); line 2 = CE 12.255.14a.

Verse 15 (12.269.15)

प्रमाणमप्रमाणेन यः कुर्यादशुभं नरः । पापात्मा सोऽकृतप्रज्ञः सदैवेह द्विजोत्तम ॥

pramāṇamapramāṇena yaḥ kuryādaśubhaṃ naraḥ | pāpātmā so'kṛtaprajñaḥ sadaiveha dvijottama

"A man who does an unholy deed by treating what is no authority as authority is evil-minded and without understanding, always, O best of brahmins."

Note on the text: = CE 12.255.14c, 14e.

Verse 16 (12.269.16)

कर्तव्यमिति कर्तव्यं वेत्ति वै ब्राह्मणोऽभयम् । ब्रह्मैव वर्तते लोके नैव कर्तव्यतां पुनः ॥

kartavyamiti kartavyaṃ vetti vai brāhmaṇo'bhayam | brahmaiva vartate loke naiva kartavyatāṃ punaḥ

"A brahmin who knows what is to be done as 'to be done' knows fearlessness. He abides in the world as Brahman alone and never again comes under the state of having something to do."

Note on the text: Corrected ब्राह्मणो भयम् → ब्राह्मणोऽभयम् (misprint in Wikisource; avagraha dropped, which flips the sense to "fear"; CE 12.255.15a reads ब्राह्मणोऽभयम्).

Verse 17 (12.269.17)

विगुणं च पुनः कर्म ज्याय इत्यनुशुश्रुम् । सर्वभूतोपकारश्च फलभावे च संयमः ॥

viguṇaṃ ca punaḥ karma jyāya ityanuśuśrum | sarvabhūtopakāraśca phalabhāve ca saṃyamaḥ

"We have heard, too, that one's own action, even when flawed, is the better; and kindness to all beings, and restraint in the matter of reward."

Verse 18 (12.269.18)

सत्ययज्ञा दमयज्ञा अलुब्धाश्चात्मवृत्तयः । उत्पन्नत्यागिनः सर्वे जना आसन्नमत्सराः ॥

satyayajñā damayajñā alubdhāścātmavṛttayaḥ | utpannatyāginaḥ sarve janā āsannamatsarāḥ

"They were sacrificers by truth and sacrificers by self-control, free of greed and content in the self; all of them gave up what they had gained, and were without envy."

Verse 19 (12.269.19)

क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञतत्त्वज्ञाः स्वयज्ञपरिनिष्ठिताः । ब्राह्मं वेदमधीयन्तस्तोषयन्त्यपरानपि ॥

kṣetrakṣetrajñatattvajñāḥ svayajñapariniṣṭhitāḥ | brāhmaṃ vedamadhīyantastoṣayantyaparānapi

"Knowers of the truth of the field and of the knower of the field, wholly devoted to their own sacrifice, they studied the Veda of Brahman and satisfied others as well."

Verse 20 (12.269.20)

अखिलं दैवतं सर्वं ब्रह्म ब्रह्मणि संश्रितम् । तृप्यन्ति तृप्यतो देवास्तृप्तास्तृप्तस्य जाजले ॥

akhilaṃ daivataṃ sarvaṃ brahma brahmaṇi saṃśritam | tṛpyanti tṛpyato devāstṛptāstṛptasya jājale

"All that is divine is Brahman, resting in Brahman. When he is satisfied the gods are satisfied: the satisfied gods with the satisfied man, Jajali."

Note on the text: Corrected तृप्ताऽतृप्तस्य → तृप्तास्तृप्तस्य (misprint in Wikisource; स् read as ऽ, which gives no sense; CE 12.255.19c reads तृप्तास्तृप्तस्य).

Verse 21 (12.269.21)

यथा सर्वरसैस्तृप्तो नाभिनन्दति किंचन । तथा प्रज्ञानतृप्तस्य नित्यतृप्तिः सुखोदया ॥

yathā sarvarasaistṛpto nābhinandati kiṃcana | tathā prajñānatṛptasya nityatṛptiḥ sukhodayā

"As one satisfied with every taste takes delight in nothing more, so for one satisfied with wisdom there is constant satisfaction, from which happiness arises."

Verse 22 (12.269.22)

धर्माधारा धर्मसुखाः कृत्स्नव्यवसितास्तथा । अस्ति नस्तत्त्वतो भूय इति प्राज्ञस्त्ववेक्षते ॥

dharmādhārā dharmasukhāḥ kṛtsnavyavasitāstathā | asti nastattvato bhūya iti prājñastvavekṣate

"Resting on dharma, finding their joy in dharma, and resolved on it wholly, the wise man looks on, saying, 'In truth there is still more for us.'"

Verse 23 (12.269.23)

ज्ञानविज्ञानिनः केचित्परं पारं तितीर्षवः । अतीव पुण्यदं पुण्यं पुण्याभिजनसंहितम् ॥

jñānavijñāninaḥ kecitparaṃ pāraṃ titīrṣavaḥ | atīva puṇyadaṃ puṇyaṃ puṇyābhijanasaṃhitam

"Some, learned in knowledge and discernment, long to cross to the farther shore: a holy state that bestows great merit and is joined with birth among the virtuous."

Verse 24 (12.269.24)

यत्र गत्वा न शोचन्ति न च्यवन्ति व्यथन्ति च । ते तु तद्ब्रह्मणः स्थानं प्राप्नुवन्तीह सात्विकाः ॥

yatra gatvā na śocanti na cyavanti vyathanti ca | te tu tadbrahmaṇaḥ sthānaṃ prāpnuvantīha sātvikāḥ

"Those men of sattva reach even here that abode of Brahman, going to which they do not grieve, do not fall and do not suffer."

Note on the text: Corrected च च्यवन्ति → न च्यवन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; न dropped and च doubled, which would make them "fall"; CE 12.255.23a reads न च्यवन्ति).

Verse 25 (12.269.25)

नैव ते स्वर्गमिच्छन्ति न यजन्ति यशोधनाः । सतां वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते यथाबलमहिंसया ॥

naiva te svargamicchanti na yajanti yaśodhanāḥ | satāṃ vartmānuvartante yathābalamahiṃsayā

"They do not long for heaven, nor do they sacrifice, those whose wealth is their good name; they follow the path of the good, without violence, as far as their strength allows."

Verse 26 (12.269.26)

वनस्पतीनोषधीश्च फलमूलानि ते विदुः । न चैतानृत्विजो लुब्धा याजयन्ति फलार्थिनः ॥

vanaspatīnoṣadhīśca phalamūlāni te viduḥ | na caitānṛtvijo lubdhā yājayanti phalārthinaḥ

"They know the trees, the herbs, the fruits and the roots; and greedy priests who seek rewards do not make them perform sacrifices."

Verse 27 (12.269.27)

स्वमेव चार्थं कुर्वाणा यज्ञं चक्रुः पुनर्द्विजाः । परिनिष्ठितकर्माणः प्रजानुग्रहकाम्यया ॥

svameva cārthaṃ kurvāṇā yajñaṃ cakruḥ punardvijāḥ | pariniṣṭhitakarmāṇaḥ prajānugrahakāmyayā

"Pursuing only their own aim, the twice-born performed sacrifice again, their works fully carried through, wishing the good of creatures."

Note on the text: Corrected परिनिष्ठितकर्माणाः → परिनिष्ठितकर्माणः (misprint in Wikisource; not a valid nominative plural, CE 12.255.26c reads कर्माणः).

Verse 28 (12.269.28)

तस्मात्तानृत्विजो लुब्धा याजयन्त्यशुभान्नरान् । प्रापयेयुः प्रजाः स्वर्गे स्वधर्माचरणेन वै । इति मे वर्तते बुद्धिः समा सर्वत्र जाजले ॥

tasmāttānṛtvijo lubdhā yājayantyaśubhānnarān | prāpayeyuḥ prajāḥ svarge svadharmācaraṇena vai | iti me vartate buddhiḥ samā sarvatra jājale

"Therefore those greedy priests make unholy men sacrifice. Creatures might be led to heaven merely by living their own dharma. This is my settled view, Jajali, the same in every case."

Note on the text: Line 1 = star passage *0706_01 (after CE 12.255.26d); lines 2-3 = CE 12.255.27a, 27c.

Verse 29 (12.269.29)

प्रयुञ्जते येन यज्ञे सदा प्राज्ञा द्विजर्षभाः । तेन ते देवयानेन पथा यान्ति महामुने ॥

prayuñjate yena yajñe sadā prājñā dvijarṣabhāḥ | tena te devayānena pathā yānti mahāmune

"By the means the wise, best of the twice-born, always employ in sacrifice, by that path of the gods they go, great sage."

Verse 30 (12.269.30)

आवृत्तिस्तस्य चैकस्य नास्त्यावृत्तिर्मनीषिणाम् । उभौ तौ देवयानेन गच्छतो जाजले यथा ॥

āvṛttistasya caikasya nāstyāvṛttirmanīṣiṇām | ubhau tau devayānena gacchato jājale yathā

"For the one there is a return; for the wise there is no return. Yet both go by the way of the gods, Jajali, as it is said."

Note on the text: Corrected मनीषिणाः → मनीषिणाम् (misprint in Wikisource; not a valid genitive plural, CE 12.255.29a reads मनीषिणाम्).

Verse 31 (12.269.31)

स्वयं चैषामनडुहो युञ्जन्ति च वहन्ति च । स्वयमुस्राश्च दुह्यन्ते मनःसंकल्पसिद्धिभिः ॥

svayaṃ caiṣāmanaḍuho yuñjanti ca vahanti ca | svayamusrāśca duhyante manaḥsaṃkalpasiddhibhiḥ

"Of their own accord their oxen are yoked and draw the load, and of their own accord their cows are milked, through the fulfilment of the wishes of their minds."

Verse 32 (12.269.32)

स्वयं यूपानुपादाय यजन्ते स्वाप्तदक्षिणाः । यस्तथा भावितात्मा स्यात्स गामालब्धुमर्हति ॥

svayaṃ yūpānupādāya yajante svāptadakṣiṇāḥ | yastathā bhāvitātmā syātsa gāmālabdhumarhati

"They take up the sacrificial posts themselves and sacrifice, paying fees duly earned. One whose self is so prepared is fit to take up the cow for the rite."

Verse 33 (12.269.33)

ओषधीभिस्तथा ब्रह्मन्यजेरंस्ते न तादृशाः । श्रद्धया गां पुरस्कृत्य तदृतं प्रब्रवीमि ते ॥

oṣadhībhistathā brahmanyajeraṃste na tādṛśāḥ | śraddhayā gāṃ puraskṛtya tadṛtaṃ prabravīmi te

"They would sacrifice with herbs too, O brahmin, but men not of that kind would not. Placing the cow foremost with faith, I tell you this truth."

Verse 34 (12.269.34)

निराशिषमनारम्भं निर्नमस्कारमस्तुतिम् । अक्षीणं क्षीणकर्माणं तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः ॥

nirāśiṣamanārambhaṃ nirnamaskāramastutim | akṣīṇaṃ kṣīṇakarmāṇaṃ taṃ devā brāhmaṇaṃ viduḥ

"Without wish, without enterprise, without homage, without praise, undiminished though his works are spent: him the gods know as a brahmin."

Verse 35 (12.269.35)

न श्रावयन्न च यजन्न ददद्ब्राह्मणेषु च । काम्यां वृत्तिं लिप्समानः कां गतिं याति जाजले । इदं तु दैवतं कृत्वा यथा यज्ञमवाप्नुयात् ॥

na śrāvayanna ca yajanna dadadbrāhmaṇeṣu ca | kāmyāṃ vṛttiṃ lipsamānaḥ kāṃ gatiṃ yāti jājale | idaṃ tu daivataṃ kṛtvā yathā yajñamavāpnuyāt

"Not making the call, not sacrificing, not giving to brahmins, seeking a livelihood of desire: what end does such a man reach, Jajali? Yet if he makes this his deity, he may obtain the sacrifice."

Verse 36 (12.269.36)

न वै मुनीनां शृणुमः स्म तत्त्वं । पृच्छामि ते वाणिज कष्टमेतत् । पूर्वेपूर्वे चास्य नावेक्षमाणा । नातः परं तमृषयः स्थापयन्ति ॥

na vai munīnāṃ śṛṇumaḥ sma tattvaṃ | pṛcchāmi te vāṇija kaṣṭametat | pūrvepūrve cāsya nāvekṣamāṇā | nātaḥ paraṃ tamṛṣayaḥ sthāpayanti

"Truly we have not heard this truth from the sages. I ask you about it, trader, for it is a hard matter: those who came before did not look into it, and beyond this the seers set up nothing further."

Note on the text: Removed the stray opening bracket "[" printed by Wikisource (it closes in the next verse and marks the lines as bracketed in the vulgate). Speaker Jajali per the page heading. Four lines = the four quarters of CE 12.255.35.

Verse 37 (12.269.37)

यस्मिन्नेवात्मतीर्थेन पशवः प्राप्नुयुर्मखम् । अथ स्म कर्मणा केन वाणिज प्राप्नुयात्सुखम् । शंस मे तन्महाप्राज्ञ भृशं वै श्रद्दधामि ते ॥

yasminnevātmatīrthena paśavaḥ prāpnuyurmakham | atha sma karmaṇā kena vāṇija prāpnuyātsukham | śaṃsa me tanmahāprājña bhṛśaṃ vai śraddadhāmi te

"Where by the pilgrimage of the self alone even animals would obtain the sacrifice - by what action of his own, then, trader, can one obtain happiness? Tell me that, O man of great wisdom; I have deep faith in you."

Note on the text: Removed the stray closing bracket "]" printed by Wikisource after the first line. Line 1 is a variant of CE 12.255.36a; lines 2-3 = CE 12.255.36c, 36e.

Verse 38 (12.269.38)

उत यज्ञा उतायज्ञा मखं नार्हन्ति ते क्वचित् । आज्येन पयसा दध्ना सत्कृत्यामिक्षया त्वचा । बालैः शृङ्गेण पादेन संभरत्येव गौर्मखम् ॥

uta yajñā utāyajñā makhaṃ nārhanti te kvacit | ājyena payasā dadhnā satkṛtyāmikṣayā tvacā | bālaiḥ śṛṅgeṇa pādena saṃbharatyeva gaurmakham

"Whether they be sacrifices or non-sacrifices, they never deserve the name of sacrifice. With ghee, milk and curds, with honour, with curd-cheese and with her hide, with her hairs, her horn and her foot, the cow herself brings the sacrifice about."

Note on the text: Corrected मस्वं → मखं (misprint in Wikisource; CE 12.255.37a reads मखं, and the verse ends with गौर्मखम्).

Verse 39 (12.269.39)

पत्नीव्रतेन विधिना प्रकरोति नियोजयन् । इष्टं तु दैवतं कृत्वा यथा यज्ञमवाप्नुयात् ॥

patnīvratena vidhinā prakaroti niyojayan | iṣṭaṃ tu daivataṃ kṛtvā yathā yajñamavāpnuyāt

"By the rule of the wife's vow he carries it out, directing the rite; and making his chosen deity the object, he may obtain the sacrifice."

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of CE 12.255.38a (पत्नीं चानेन विधिना…); line 2 is a variant of CE 12.255.34e (इदं तु दैवतं कृत्वा…).

Verse 40 (12.269.40)

पुरोडाशो हि सर्वेषां पशूनां मेध्य उच्यते । सर्वा नद्यः सरस्वत्यः सर्वे पुण्याः शिलोच्चयाः । जाजले तीर्थमात्मेव मा स्म देशातिथिर्भव ॥

puroḍāśo hi sarveṣāṃ paśūnāṃ medhya ucyate | sarvā nadyaḥ sarasvatyaḥ sarve puṇyāḥ śiloccayāḥ | jājale tīrthamātmeva mā sma deśātithirbhava

"The sacrificial cake is declared to be the pure offering in place of all animals. All rivers are Sarasvatis, all rocky heights are holy. The self itself, Jajali, is the sacred ford; do not become a guest of far-off places."

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 12.255.38c; lines 2-3 = CE 12.255.39a, 39c.

Verse 41 (12.269.41)

एतानीदृशकान्धर्मानाचरन्निह जाजले । कारणैर्धर्ममन्विच्छन्स लोकानाप्नुते शुभान् ॥

etānīdṛśakāndharmānācaranniha jājale | kāraṇairdharmamanvicchansa lokānāpnute śubhān

"Practising such duties here, Jajali, and seeking dharma through reasons, one obtains the blessed worlds."

Verse 42 (12.269.42)

एतानीदृशकान्धर्मांस्तुलाधारः प्रशंसति । उपपत्त्याऽभिसंपन्नान्नित्यं सद्भिर्निषेवितान् ॥

etānīdṛśakāndharmāṃstulādhāraḥ praśaṃsati | upapattyā'bhisaṃpannānnityaṃ sadbhirniṣevitān

"Such are the duties that Tuladhara praises, well supported by reasoning and always followed by the good."