Shloka 34
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
श्रद्धान्वितायाथ गुणान्विताय परापवादाद् विरताय नित्यम् | विशुद्धयोगाय बुधाय नित्यं क्रियावते च क्षमिणे हिताय
śraddhānvītāyātha guṇānvītāya parāpavādād viratāya nityam | viśuddhayogāya budhāya nityaṁ kriyāvate ca kṣamiṇe hitāya
Vasiṣṭha said: (This teaching is to be given) to one who is endowed with faith and good qualities, who constantly refrains from censuring others, who is wise and ever established in pure yoga; and also to one who is devoted to right conduct, patient in forgiveness, and intent on the welfare of all.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse sets ethical and spiritual qualifications for receiving higher instruction: faith, virtue, restraint from criticizing others, steadiness in purified yoga, commitment to right conduct, forgiveness, and a welfare-oriented disposition.
In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, Vasiṣṭha is describing the kind of disciple to whom a serious teaching should be entrusted—someone morally disciplined, spiritually mature, and beneficial in intent.