Shloka 40
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
अवाप्तमेतद्धि मया सनातना- द्विरण्यगर्भाद् गदतो नराधिप । प्रसाद्य यत्नेन तमुग्रचेतसं सनातन ब्रह्म यथाद्य वै त्वया
avāptam etad dhi mayā sanātanād hiraṇyagarbhād gadataḥ narādhipa | prasādya yatnena tam ugracetasaṃ sanātana brahma yathādya vai tvayā ||
瓦西什塔说道：“大王啊，我亦曾从古初者——金胎（Hiraṇyagarbha）——宣说此法时，得受这永恒的教诲。我以恳切精进取悦那心志峻烈的原初梵天（Brahmā），于是获得这不随时变的智慧——正如你今日从我处得闻永恒梵之知识一般。”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Spiritual knowledge of the eternal Brahman is transmitted through an authentic lineage and is gained through both personal effort (yatna) and the teacher’s grace (prasāda). Vasiṣṭha emphasizes continuity: what the king receives now is the same timeless wisdom Vasiṣṭha once received from Hiraṇyagarbha (Brahmā).
Vasiṣṭha addresses a king and explains the provenance of the doctrine he has taught: he himself learned it directly from Hiraṇyagarbha/Brahmā after striving to please him. He draws a parallel between his own earlier discipleship and the king’s present reception of the teaching.