Shloka 18
जो भक्त हो, श्रद्धालु और आस्तिक हो, उसीको इसका उपदेश देना चाहिये। अश्रद्धालु, नास्तिक और अजितात्मा पुरुषको इसका उपदेश नहीं देना चाहिये ।। यश्चाभ्यसूयते देवं कारणात्मानमीश्वरम् । स कृष्ण नरकं॑ याति सह पूर्व: सहात्मजै:,श्रीकृष्ण! जो जगत्के कारणरूप ईश्वर महादेवके प्रति दोषदृष्टि रखता है, वह पूर्वजों और अपनी संतानके सहित नरकमें पड़ता है
yo bhakto bhavati śraddhāluś cāstikaś ca tasmai evāsya upadeśaḥ kartavyaḥ | aśraddadhānāya nāstikāya ajitātmanē ca puruṣāya nāsya upadeśaḥ kartavyaḥ || yaś cābhyasūyate devaṁ kāraṇātmānam īśvaram | sa kṛṣṇa narakaṁ yāti saha pūrvaiḥ sahātmajaiḥ ||
Vāyu said: “This instruction should be given only to one who is devoted, faithful, and a believer. It should not be taught to one who lacks faith, denies the sacred, or has not mastered himself. And, O Kṛṣṇa, whoever looks with fault-finding envy upon the divine Lord—Mahādeva, the causal ground of the world—falls into hell, together with his ancestors and his own offspring.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sacred instruction should be offered only to qualified recipients—devoted, faithful, and dharma-affirming people. Fault-finding envy toward the supreme divine cause (here identified with Mahādeva) is condemned as a grave offense with severe karmic consequences.
Vāyudeva addresses Kṛṣṇa, laying down a rule of eligibility for transmitting a religious teaching and warning against disparaging the Lord who is the causal ground of the universe, stating that such hostility leads to downfall affecting one’s lineage.