Shloka 43
परिव्राजक-आचारः (Conduct of the Wandering Renunciant) — Mahābhārata, Śānti-parva 269
सर्व विदुर्वेदविदो वेदे सर्व प्रतिष्ठितम् । वेदे हि निष्ठा सर्वस्य यद् यदस्ति च नास्ति च
sarva vidur vedavido vede sarva pratiṣṭhitam | vede hi niṣṭhā sarvasya yad yad asti ca nāsti ca ||
Kapila dit : «Ceux qui connaissent véritablement le Veda connaissent tout, car dans le Veda tout est fondé et établi. En vérité, le Veda est l’ultime recours de toute compréhension : il expose la condition de ce qui existe et de ce qui n’existe pas.»
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Kapila asserts the Veda as the comprehensive foundation of knowledge: the Veda is presented as the settled authority that accounts for both what exists and what does not, grounding inquiry into dharma and reality.
Within the Śānti Parva’s reflective teachings, Kapila is expounding a doctrinal point about authority and knowledge, emphasizing that Veda-knowers are said to know all because the Veda is treated as the ultimate basis for understanding existence and non-existence.