Shloka 37
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
पृथ्वीमिमां यद्यपि रत्नपूर्णा दद्यान्न देयं त्विदमव्रताय । जितेन्द्रियायैतदसंशयं ते भवेत् प्रदेयं परम नरेन्द्र
pṛthvīm imāṃ yadyapi ratnapūrṇāṃ dadyān na deyaṃ tv idam avratāya | jitendriyāyaitad asaṃśayaṃ te bhavet pradeyaṃ parama nareन्द्र, nareन्द्र ||
Wika ni Vasiṣṭha: Kahit ialay pa ng isang tao ang buong daigdig na ito na punô ng mga hiyas, ang aral na ito’y hindi dapat ibigay sa walang panata at walang disiplina sa pagsunod. Ngunit sa taong may pagpipigil-sa-sarili, O hari, tiyak na dapat itong ipagkaloob—tunay na nararapat na ipamahagi mo sa kanya ang kataas-taasang kaalamang ito.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sacred or liberating knowledge should be given only to a qualified recipient: one who practices vows and discipline and has self-control. Material wealth—even the whole jewel-filled earth—cannot justify teaching it to an unfit person.
Vasiṣṭha addresses a king and advises him about the proper eligibility (adhikāra) for receiving instruction. He contrasts an undisciplined person (avratin) with a self-controlled one (jitendriya), urging the king to teach the supreme knowledge only to the latter.