In three steps the king's son now had comprehensively come into touch with pure truth, and he could therefore continue on his way; for if the human head shines from the pure light of self-realization, one calls this person enlightened.
The man with the golden beard, however, did not inform him about this natural, cosmic, high power, but rather reproached the boy for not having done his duty well.

“In doing so the wise man prevented the boy from becoming presumptuous; after all he now had gained something perfect, power-giving, that no one else in his kingdom had yet.

“The presumptuousness that might have come about, had he known his gain to its full extent, might have shifted the further development of the boy away from the path of innocence, and that could not be risked under any circumstances.

“Such cautious behaviour of the man with the golden beard proves the stand-point of a sage.
His intention is not to tell something true to the one who puts his trust in him, but rather something that brings the greatest advantage to the searcher of truth on his way to pure knowledge.