Shloka 28
Vāmadeva’s Rājadharma: Norm-Setting, Counsel, and the Prevention of Rāṣṭra-Vināśa (वामदेव-प्रोक्तं राजधर्मम्)
यस्तु निः:श्रेयसं श्रुत्वा ज्ञानं तत् प्रतिपद्यते । आत्मनो मतमुत्सृज्य तं लोको&नुविधीयते,जो कल्याणकारी उपदेश सुनकर अपने मतका आग्रह छोड़ उस ज्ञानको ग्रहण कर लेता है, उसके पीछे यह सारा जगत् चलता है
yas tu niḥśreyasaṁ śrutvā jñānaṁ tat pratipadyate | ātmano matam utsṛjya taṁ loko 'nuvidhīyate ||
瓦摩提婆说道：“然而那人，既闻导向至善的教诲，便摄受真实之智——舍弃对己见的固执——便成为世间自然而然追随之人。能受善言、能降我执，本身就是智慧之相，亦为众生带来利益。”
वामदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
True progress toward the highest good comes from receptivity: when one hears a beneficial, liberating teaching and adopts it—letting go of egoic insistence on one’s own opinion—one becomes genuinely wise, and such wisdom naturally earns trust and followership.
In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, Vāmadeva is presenting a principle of ethical and spiritual instruction: the ideal listener is not rigid but willing to abandon self-willed views and embrace niḥśreyasa-oriented knowledge; this quality makes him a guide whom people follow.