Varaha Purana 137.177: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 177
The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field
पिशुनाय न दातव्यं मूर्खे भागवते न तु ॥ न च वैश्याय शूद्राय येन जानन्ति मां परम्
piśunāya na dātavyaṁ mūrkhe bhāgavate na tu || na ca vaiśyāya śūdrāya yena jānanti māṁ param
इस ग्रंथ को उसको मत दो जो दूसरों की बुराई करता है। मूर्ख को भी मत दो, चाहे वो खुद को भगवान का भक्त कहे। वैसे, इसको वैश्य या शूद्र को भी मत देना। वरना वो मुझे परम भगवान समझ लेंगे।
Varāha (default dialogic instructor; verse gives prescriptive rule)
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It documents a traditional model of restricted instruction and the use of social/ethical qualifiers for transmission, relevant to the history of pedagogy and manuscript communities.
No geographic location is mentioned.
To avoid sharing potent teachings with persons characterized as malicious or unfit, reflecting an ancient concern for responsible transmission (though the social categories are historically contingent).
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