Shloka 11
Kośa, Bala, and Maryādā: Treasury, Capacity, and Enforceable Limits (कोश-बल-मर्यादा)
अविज्ञानादयोगो हि पुरुषस्पोपजायते । विज्ञानादपि योगश्व योगो भूतिकर: पर:
avijñānād ayogo hi puruṣasyopajāyate | vijñānād api yogaś ca yogo bhūtikaraḥ paraḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。「真の理解を欠けば、人は実践できぬ状態に陥る。困難が起これば、ふさわしい道を見分けられない。だが理解からは、適切な手段が知られる。そして善く選び取られ、実行に移されたその手段こそ、繁栄と安寧をもたらす最高の因である。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ignorance produces 'ayoga'—the failure to find or apply the right course of action—whereas knowledge reveals the proper means; such rightly applied means is the supreme cause of prosperity and well-being.
In Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma and practical governance. Here he emphasizes that clear understanding is what enables effective action in times of crisis, and that correct action grounded in knowledge leads to flourishing.