Shloka 18
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
जो भक्त हो, श्रद्धालु और आस्तिक हो, उसीको इसका उपदेश देना चाहिये। अश्रद्धालु, नास्तिक और अजितात्मा पुरुषको इसका उपदेश नहीं देना चाहिये ।।
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 ||
ວາຍຸເທວະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຄຳສອນນີ້ຄວນມອບໃຫ້ແຕ່ຜູ້ມີພັກຕິ ມີສັດທາ ແລະເປັນອາສະຕິກເທົ່ານັ້ນ. ບໍ່ຄວນສອນໃຫ້ຜູ້ບໍ່ມີສັດທາ ຜູ້ນາສະຕິກ ແລະຜູ້ຍັງບໍ່ຊະນະຕົນເອງ. ແລະ ໂອ ກຣິສນະ! ຜູ້ໃດມອງພຣະເຈົ້າຜູ້ເປັນອິດສະວະຣະ—ມະຫາເທວະ ຜູ້ເປັນເຫດປັດໃຈແຫ່ງໂລກ—ດ້ວຍຈິດອິດສາຈັບຜິດ, ຜູ້ນັ້ນຈະຕົກນະຣົກ ພ້ອມທັງບັນພະບຸລຸດ ແລະລູກຫຼານຂອງຕົນ».
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.