Shloka 21
Vyaktāvyakta-Viveka and Nivṛtti as Paramā Gati
Manifest–Unmanifest Discrimination and the Supreme Path of Withdrawal
गान्धर्व नारदो वेद भरद्वाजो धर्नुग्रहम् । देवर्षिचरितं गार्ग्य: कृष्णात्रेयश्विकित्सितम्,नारदजीको गान्धर्व वेदका, भरद्वाजको धरनुर्वेदका, महर्षि गार्ग्यको देवर्षियोंके चरित्रका तथा कृष्णात्रेयको चिकित्साशास्त्रका ज्ञान हुआ
gāndharvaṃ nārado veda bharadvājo dhanur-graham | devarṣi-caritaṃ gārgyaḥ kṛṣṇātreyaś cikitsitam ||
Bhīṣma berkata: Nārada menguasai Gandharva-veda (ilmu muzik dan seni langit); Bharadvāja menguasai Dhanur-veda (ilmu memanah); resi Gārgya mengetahui kisah dan tradisi para devarṣi; dan Kṛṣṇa Ātreya menguasai ilmu perubatan.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is strengthened by disciplined mastery of knowledge: different sages embody different vidyās, showing that ethical life includes cultivating and applying one’s specialized skill for the good of the world.
Bhishma lists exemplary sages and the fields they mastered—music (Narada), archery (Bharadvaja), traditions of divine seers (Gargya), and medicine (Krishna Atreya)—as part of a broader Shanti Parva discourse on learning, conduct, and the supports of righteous order.