Shloka 19
भिक्षुलक्षणम्—एकचर्याः, अहिंसा, कैवल्याश्रमः
Marks of the Mendicant: Solitary Wandering, Non-Injury, and the Kaivalya-Discipline
विज्ञायन्ते हि यैवेंदा: सधर्मा: सक्रियाफला: । सधर्मा निखिला वेदा: ४28 भ्यो विनि:सृता:
vijñāyante hi yaivendāḥ sadharmāḥ sakriyāphalāḥ | sadharmā nikhilā vedāḥ pravaktṛbhyo viniḥsṛtāḥ ||
ব্যাসে ক’লে—এই প্ৰবক্তাসকলৰ দ্বাৰাই বেদ ধৰ্মসহ, কৰণীয় কৰ্মসহ আৰু কৰ্মফলসহ বুজা যায়। ধৰ্মসমন্বিত সমগ্ৰ বেদ প্ৰবক্তাসকলৰ মুখৰ পৰাই নিঃসৃত হয়; সেয়েহে আনসকলেও বেদোপদেশক যথাৰ্থভাৱে জানে।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vedic knowledge is not merely text; it is grasped through qualified expounders who transmit the Vedas together with dharma, prescribed action, and the understanding of results—so the ethical and practical meaning becomes clear.
In the didactic setting of Śānti Parva, Vyāsa emphasizes the authority and necessity of teachers (pravaktṛs) for the proper comprehension and living transmission of the Vedas and dharma.