Shloka 41
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
पृष्टस्त्वया चास्मि यथा नरेन्द्र यथा मयेदं त्वयि चोक्तमद्य । तथावापंतं ब्रह्मणो मे नरेन्द्र महाज्ञानं मोक्षविदां परायणम्
pṛṣṭas tvayā cāsmi yathā narendra yathā mayedaṃ tvayi coktam adya | tathā vāptaṃ brahmaṇo me narendra mahājñānaṃ mokṣavidāṃ parāyaṇam ||
瓦西什塔说道：“大王啊，正如你向我发问，而我今日将此知识教示于你；我昔日亦曾向梵天（Brahmā）请问，并从其亲口受得此法。这是大智慧——是知解脱者之最高归依。”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
That liberating wisdom (mokṣa-jñāna) is a supreme refuge for seekers, and it is transmitted through a lineage of inquiry and instruction—received by Vasiṣṭha from Brahmā and now conveyed to the king.
The king has asked Vasiṣṭha a question about profound knowledge; Vasiṣṭha explains that he is answering in the same spirit of inquiry by which he himself once questioned Brahmā and obtained this teaching, thereby grounding the instruction in an authoritative tradition.