Shloka 37
Vyāghra–Gomāyu Saṃvāda (व्याघ्रगोमायु संवाद) — Testing Character Beneath Appearances
एक एकेन संगम्य रहो ब्रूयां हितं वच: । नच ते ज्ञातिकार्येषु प्रष्टव्यो5हं हिताहिते
eka ekena saṅgamya raho brūyāṃ hitaṃ vacaḥ | na ca te jñātikāryeṣu praṣṭavyo 'haṃ hitāhite ||
沙尔图拉说道：“我将与您私下独会，在幽静处一对一地说出为您福祉之言。但凡涉及您亲族之事，切莫问我何者为利、何者为害。”
शार्टूल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ethical counsel should be given with discretion: one may offer private, welfare-oriented advice, yet avoid becoming an arbiter in the internal affairs of another’s kin-group, where questions of benefit and harm are entangled with loyalties and conflict.
Śārṭūla sets boundaries for counsel: he offers to meet privately and speak beneficial words, but instructs the listener not to consult him regarding decisions and consequences tied to the listener’s relatives, implying the sensitivity and potential partiality involved in clan matters.