Shloka 36
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
श्रद्धालु, गुणवान्, परनिन्दासे सदा दूर रहनेवाले, विशुद्ध योगी, विद्वान, सदा शास्त्रोक्त कर्म करनेवाले, क्षमाशील, सबके हितैषी, एकान्तवासी, शास्त्रविधिका आदर करनेवाले, विवादहीन, बहुज्ञ, विज्ञ किसीका अहित न करनेवाले तथा इन्द्रियसंयम एवं मनोनिग्रहमें समर्थ पुरुषको ही इस ज्ञानका उपदेश देना चाहिये ।।
Vasiṣṭha uvāca: śraddhāluḥ guṇavān paranindāyāḥ sadā dūraḥ viśuddha-yogī vidvān sadā śāstroktakarma-kārī kṣamāśīlaḥ sarva-hitaiṣī ekāntavāsī śāstra-vidhi-ādara-kārī vivādahīnaḥ bahujñaḥ vijñaḥ kasyacid ahitaṃ na karoti yaḥ tathā indriya-saṃyama-mano-nigrahe samarthaḥ puruṣaḥ tasmai eva asya jñānasya upadeśaḥ kartavyaḥ. etair guṇair hīnatame na deyam etat paraṃ brahma viśuddham āhuḥ; na śreyasā yokṣyati tādṛśe kṛtaṃ dharma-pravaktāram apātra-dānāt.
瓦西什塔说道：“此教法唯当传与具信具德者，恒远离毁谤他人者；传与清净瑜伽行者、博学智者；常行经论所制之业者；能忍能恕、以众生利益为怀者；乐于独处者；敬重圣典戒律者；不喜争辩者；博识而明辨者；不害于人者；并能制御诸根、调伏其心者。若极度缺乏这些德相，便不可授与。此智被宣说为清净至上的梵（Brahman）。授予不具资格者，不能成其真实利益；而将教诲施于不堪受者，师者自身亦不得安善。”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Brahman-knowledge (brahma-vidyā) is to be taught only to a qualified student—one who is faithful, virtuous, non-slanderous, disciplined, non-contentious, harmless, and capable of sense-restraint and mind-control. Teaching it to an unfit person neither benefits the recipient nor the teacher.
Vasiṣṭha is laying down ethical and pedagogical criteria for transmitting a highest teaching: the instructor must discern the student’s character and discipline, because misdirected instruction (like giving to an unworthy recipient) undermines the intended spiritual welfare.