Shloka 32
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
नावेदनिष्ठस्थ जनस्य राजन् प्रदेयमेतत् परमं त्वया भवेत् | विधित्समानाय विबोधकारण प्रबोधहेतो: प्रणतस्य शासनम्
na veda-niṣṭhasya janasya rājan pradeyam etat paramaṃ tvayā bhavet | vidhitsamānāya vibodha-kāraṇa prabodha-hetoḥ praṇatasya śāsanam ||
瓦西什塔说道：“大王啊，不可将此至上教诲传与不以敬信吠陀为根基之人。此法当授予求觉醒者、渴望明了者，以及为求开悟而以真诚谦恭前来归依者。”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The core teaching is about adhikāra (eligibility): the highest instruction should be given only to a receptive student—one who respects Vedic authority, earnestly seeks awakening, and approaches with humility—rather than to someone lacking faith or steadiness.
Vasiṣṭha addresses a king and sets a rule for transmitting profound knowledge: the king should teach it selectively, offering it as a disciplined instruction to a sincere, bowed, truth-seeking listener, not indiscriminately to the unreverent or unprepared.