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 ||
हा दान/उपदेश एकांतप्रिय व संयमी स्वभावाच्या, विधीला प्रिय मानणाऱ्या, विवादरहित, बहुश्रुत अशा पुरुषाला द्यावा; जो यथार्थ जाणतो, जो अयोग्य गोष्ट सहन करत नाही, आणि जो इंद्रियदम व मनःशम—दोन्हीत समर्थ आहे.
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.