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
ଏହି ଉପଦେଶ ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାଯୁକ୍ତ ଓ ଗୁଣଯୁକ୍ତ, ସଦା ପରନିନ୍ଦାରୁ ବିରତ, ବିଶୁଦ୍ଧ ଯୋଗରେ ସ୍ଥିତ ବୁଦ୍ଧିମାନଙ୍କୁ; ଏବଂ ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରୋକ୍ତ କ୍ରିୟାରେ ନିରତ, କ୍ଷମାଶୀଳ ଓ ସର୍ବହିତେ ତତ୍ପର ପୁରୁଷଙ୍କୁ ଦେବା ଉଚିତ୍।
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.