Shloka 126
धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)
नावासुदेवभक्ताय त्वया देयं कथंचन । नरेश्वर! इस प्रकार यह ऋषिसम्बन्धी आख्यान परम्परासे प्राप्त हुआ है। जो भगवान् वासुदेवका भक्त न हो, उसे किसी तरह भी इसका उपदेश तुम्हें नहीं देना चाहिये || १२५३ || (आख्यानमुतन्तमं चेदं श्रावयेद् यः सदा नृप । तदैव मनुजो भक्त: शुचिर्भूत्वा समाहित: ।।
nā vāsudeva-bhaktāya tvayā deyaṃ kathaṃcana | nareśvara! evaṃ ṛṣi-sambandhī ākhyāna-paramparayā prāptaṃ | yo bhagavān vāsudevasya bhakto na bhavati, tasmai kathaṃcid api asyopadeśas tvayā na dātavyaḥ || (ākhyānam uttamaṃ cedam śrāvayed yaḥ sadā nṛpa | tadaiva manujo bhaktaḥ śucir bhūtvā samāhitaḥ || prāpnuyād acirād rājan viṣṇulokaṃ sanātanam |) matto 'nyāni ca te rājann upākhyāna-śatāni vai
毗湿摩说道：“大王啊，切不可将此教诲传授给不敬信婆苏提婆（Vāsudeva）之人。如此，这一与诸圣仙相系的叙事，乃由不绝的传统传承而来。凡非皈依奉敬至尊婆苏提婆者，你都不应以任何方式为其宣说。并且，君王啊，凡常常诵读此最胜圣传，或令他人得闻者，必成虔信之人——身心清净，意念专一——不久便得至毗湿奴（Viṣṇu）之永恒天界。再者，大王啊，我还有数百则别样的训诫故事要讲与你听。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sacred instruction is to be entrusted only to those who have devotion to Vāsudeva; faithful hearing/recitation of such a narrative purifies the mind and leads to the eternal realm of Vishnu.
Bhishma, addressing the king, concludes an inherited rishi-tradition account by warning against teaching it to non-devotees, praises the spiritual fruit of regularly reciting it, and then signals that he has many more instructive tales to relate.