Mahabharata 3.182.28 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 182, Shloka 28
Brāhmaṇa-māhātmya: Tārkṣya’s instruction on tapas, satya, and svadharma
Chapter 182
युधिछिर उवाच अहो बुद्धिमतां श्रेष्ठ शुभा बुद्धिरियं तव । विदितं वेदितव्यं ते कस्मात् समनुपृच्छसि
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: aho buddhimatāṃ śreṣṭha śubhā buddhir iyaṃ tava | viditaṃ veditavyaṃ te kasmāt samanupṛcchasi ||
യുധിഷ്ഠിരൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അഹോ, ബുദ്ധിമാന്മാരിൽ ശ്രേഷ്ഠനേ! നിന്റെ ബുദ്ധി സത്യമായും ശുഭവും ഉത്തമവും ആകുന്നു. അറിയേണ്ടത് നീ ഇതിനകം അറിഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നു; പിന്നെ എന്നോടെന്തിന് ചോദിക്കുന്നു?
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
True wisdom includes recognizing when knowledge is already present: Yudhiṣṭhira praises the interlocutor’s discernment and implies that further questioning may be unnecessary when the essential truth has been understood.
In a dialogic setting in the Vana Parva, Yudhiṣṭhira responds to a questioner by commending their intelligence and asking why they seek answers from him despite already knowing what is worth knowing.
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