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- The Sutra of the Sri Sutra Kritanga. To eliminate the characteristics, one should do this. He should always be diligent in preaching Dharma, being endowed with the teachings of acceptance and service. While making such an effort, he should not violate the time for that work or the time for study. He should not transgress the limits of study and duty, but remain engaged in good conduct. There should be no mutual hindrance. He should act keeping this in mind. He should perform all actions according to the occasion. A sage who speaks or acts according to time or occasion, has right faith, i.e., he has faith in the true nature of things. While preaching Dharma or giving lectures, he should not corrupt right faith. This means that knowing the particular person, seeing his ability, he should avoid wrong doctrines and preach in such a way that the listener's right faith remains stable, but he should not preach in such a way that it creates doubt in the listener's mind and corrupts his right faith. One who knows how to preach in this way, knows well the right faith, knowledge, conduct, and the state of samadhi, which is the right mind, established by the omniscient.
Alusae no pacchannbhaasi, no suttammattham ca karej taai. Sattharabhatti anuvee vaayam, suyam ca samm padivaayamti ||26|| Chhaya - Alusako no prachchannbhaasi, na sutramartham ca kuryat traayi.
Shaastribhaktya'nuvichintyaavad, shrutan ca samyak pratipadayet || Anuvaad - A sage should not corrupt the meaning of the scriptures with defects. He should not conceal the doctrines of the scriptures. A sage, the protector of the three worlds, should not misinterpret the scriptures and their meaning. He should not speak words contrary to them. Contemplating the devotion to the teacher, the one who gives teachings, he should speak thoughtfully. He should present the teachings as he heard them from the teacher.
Teeka - Kinchanayat-'Alusae' ityādi, sarvajñoktamaagamam kathayan 'no lūshayet' nanyatha'pasiddhantavyaakhyanena dūshayet, tatha 'na prachchannbhaasi bhavet' siddhantharthamaviruddhamavadatam sarvajaniinam tatprachchannbhaashanena na gopayet, yadiva prachchannam va'arthamaparinataya na bhaaset, tadhi siddhantrarahasyamaparinata shishyavidhvamsanena doshayaiva sampadyate, tatha cokatam
"Aprashaantamau shaastrasadbhavapratipadanam. Doshayaabhinavodiine, shamaniyamava jvare ||1||"
ityadi, na ca sutramanyat evamaitivikalpanatah svaraparatraayi kurviitaanyatha va sutram tadartham va sansaarattaayiitraanasheelo jantuunaam na vidhidheet, kimityanyatha sutram na karttavyamityaaha-parahitaikaratat shaasta tasmin. Shaastariya vyavasthita bhakti-bahumaanastaya tadbhaktya anuvichintyamamaane noktena na kadaachidagamabaadha syaadityevam paryaalocya vaadam vadet, tatha yachchhrutmaachaaryadibhyah sakashaattanthaiva samyaktvaraadhanamanuvartamaano'nyebhyh rinamoksham pratipadyamana 'pratipadayet' prarūpayenna sukhasheelataam manyamano yathakathaanchittisthediti ||26||
Teekaarth - A sage, while explaining the scriptures revealed by the omniscient, should not corrupt the scriptures by presenting doctrines contrary to them. He should not conceal the doctrines that are not contradictory to the scriptures, are pure, and are meant for the public, by speaking in a veiled manner. Or, he should not speak about a secret doctrine to an unprepared person, for that would lead to the destruction of the unprepared disciple and would only be harmful. And it has been said:
"The presentation of the truth of the scriptures to a mind that is not calm. It is like a new fire in a disease, which needs to be calmed down. ||1||"
etc. And he should not make himself or others a protector of the scriptures or their meaning by making a different interpretation. Or, he should not do anything that would make the beings who are seeking liberation from the cycle of birth and death, a protector of the scriptures or their meaning. Why? Because it is not right to do anything other than the scriptures. He says, "For the sake of others, the teacher, in whom there is devotion to the scriptures, which is established by the scriptures, should contemplate that devotion with respect, and should not speak in such a way that it would ever contradict the scriptures. Thus, after considering everything, he should speak. And whatever he has heard from the teachers, he should present it in the same way, following the path of right faith, and liberating others from their debts. He should not think that it is easy to present the teachings, and should not remain indifferent in any way. ||26||