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
हा उपदेश श्रद्धावान व गुणवान, सदा परनिंदेपासून दूर, विशुद्ध योगात स्थित बुद्धिमानाला; तसेच शास्त्रोक्त कर्म करणारा, क्षमाशील आणि सर्वांच्या हितासाठी तत्पर अशा पुरुषाला द्यावा.
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.