Shloka 32
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
नावेदनिष्ठस्थ जनस्य राजन् प्रदेयमेतत् परमं त्वया भवेत् | विधित्समानाय विबोधकारण प्रबोधहेतो: प्रणतस्य शासनम्
na veda-niṣṭhasya janasya rājan pradeyam etat paramaṃ tvayā bhavet | vidhitsamānāya vibodha-kāraṇa prabodha-hetoḥ praṇatasya śāsanam ||
قال فاسيشثا: «أيها الملك، لا ينبغي لك أن تُلقّن هذا التعليم الأسمى لمن لم يرسخ في قلبه توقيرُ الفيدا. إنما تُعطى هذه التعاليم لمن يطلب اليقظة، ويتلهّف إلى الفهم، وقد أتى متواضعًا بصدقٍ يلتمس الاستنارة».
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The core teaching is about adhikāra (eligibility): the highest instruction should be given only to a receptive student—one who respects Vedic authority, earnestly seeks awakening, and approaches with humility—rather than to someone lacking faith or steadiness.
Vasiṣṭha addresses a king and sets a rule for transmitting profound knowledge: the king should teach it selectively, offering it as a disciplined instruction to a sincere, bowed, truth-seeking listener, not indiscriminately to the unreverent or unprepared.