Shloka 18
इति चाप्यत्र कौन्तेय मन्त्रो वेदेषु पठ्यते । वेदप्रमाणविद्ितं धर्म च प्रत्रवीमि ते,कुन्तीनन्दन! इस विषयमें वेदका एक मन्त्र भी पढ़ा जाता है। मैं तुमसे उसी धर्मकी बात कहता हूँ, जो वैदिक प्रमाणसे विहित है
iti cāpy atra kaunteya mantro vedeṣu paṭhyate | vedapramāṇaviditaṁ dharmaṁ ca pravakṣyāmi te, kuntīnandana |
Vyāsa said: “O son of Kuntī, in this very matter a mantra is also recited in the Vedas. I shall declare to you that dharma which is known and established by Vedic authority.”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
That dharma should be understood and taught on the basis of Vedic authority (veda-pramāṇa); Vyāsa frames his instruction as grounded in a Vedic mantra and therefore not merely personal opinion.
Vyāsa addresses the son of Kuntī and signals a transition into a doctrinal explanation: he cites that the Vedas contain a relevant mantra and then promises to expound the Veda-sanctioned dharma connected to the topic under discussion.