Shloka 21
कपोत-लुब्धकसंवादः — Hunter’s Remorse and Renunciatory Resolve
आगतागमया बुद्धया वचनेन प्रशस्यते । अज्ञानाऊज्ञानहेतुत्वाद् वचनं साधु मन््यते
āgatāgamayā buddhyā vacanena praśasyate | ajñānāj jñāna-hetutvād vacanaṃ sādhu manyate ||
ビーシュマは言った。「伝承された教えと権威ある教説に根ざした知性によって語られる言葉は称賛される。無知を知へと転じさせる因となるゆえ、その言葉は善いと認められる。ヴェーダとシャーストラに是認され、しかも理によって述べられることこそ、人々の心に聖典の価値を確立させる。だが、裸の論理だけを未知を知る最高の手段とみなす者がいる—それはただの誤解である。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sound teaching should unite scriptural/traditional authority (āgama) with disciplined reasoning (buddhi). Speech that helps transform ignorance into knowledge is ‘good’; treating logic alone as supreme while ignoring śāstra is presented as misguided.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and right understanding. Here he explains how authoritative knowledge is validated: statements rooted in Veda/śāstra and supported by reason are what people accept and what makes scripture effective.