The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.10.1

13.10.1

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
mitrasauhṛdabhāvena upadeśaṃ karoti yaḥ |
jātyāvarasya rājarṣe doṣastasya bhavenna vā || 1 ||

"Yudhisthira said, 'I wish to know, O royal sage, whether any fault is incurred by one who from interested or disinterested friendship imparts instructions unto a person belonging to a low order of birth! O grandsire, I desire to hear this, expounded to me in detail. The course of duty is exceedingly subtile. Men are often seen to be stupefied in respect of that course.'