idaṃ vāva taj jyeṣṭhāya putrāya pitā brahma prabrūyāt praṇāyyāya vāntevāsine ||
5. A father may therefore tell that doctrine of Brahman to his eldest son, or to a worthy pupil.
But no one should tell it to anybody else, even if he gave him the whole sea-girt earth, full of treasure, for this doctrine is worth more than that, yea, it is worth more.
idaṃ vāva tadyathoktamanyo ’pi jyeṣṭhāya putrāya sarvapriyārhāya brahma prabrūyāt | praṇāyyāya vā yogyāyāyantevāsine śiṣyāya || 5 ||