Shloka 35
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
विविक्तशीलाय विधिप्रियाय विवादहीनाय बहुश्रुताय । विजानते चैव न चाहिततक्षमे दमे च शक्ताय शमे च देयम्
viviktaśīlāya vidhipriyāya vivādahīnāya bahuśrutāya | vijānate caiva na cāhitakṣame dame ca śaktāya śame ca deyam ||
यह दान/उपदेश उस पुरुष को देना चाहिए जिसका स्वभाव एकान्तप्रिय और संयमी हो, जो विधि-मार्ग को प्रिय मानता हो, जो विवाद से रहित हो, जो बहुश्रुत हो; जो यथार्थ को जानता हो, जो अनुचित को सहन न करता हो, और जो इन्द्रिय-दम तथा मन-शम—दोनों में समर्थ हो।
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Charity is ethically meaningful when directed to a worthy recipient—someone disciplined, non-contentious, learned, discerning, intolerant of wrongdoing, and established in self-control (dama) and mental tranquility (śama).
Vasiṣṭha is instructing on dharma in the Śānti Parva, specifying the qualities of a proper recipient of gifts, thereby guiding how dāna should be practiced with discernment rather than indiscriminately.