Shloka 18
ब्राह्मणेष्वेव मेधावी बुद्धिपर्येषणं चरेत् अलब्धस्थ च लाभाय लब्धस्थ परिवृद्धये,“बुद्धिमान् पुरुषको चाहिये कि वह अप्राप्तकी प्राप्ति और प्राप्तकी वृद्धिके लिये ब्राह्मणोंसे बुद्धि ग्रहण करे
brāhmaṇeṣv eva medhāvī buddhi-paryeṣaṇaṁ caret | alabdha-sthaś ca lābhāya labdha-sthaḥ parivṛddhaye ||
ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပာယန မိန့်တော်မူသည်– ဉာဏ်ပညာရှိသူသည် ဗြာဟ္မဏများထံ၌ ပညာကို ရှာဖွေသင့်သည်။ မရသေးသူသည် ရရှိရန်အတွက် ထိုသို့ပြုရမည်၊ ရပြီးသူသည် တိုးပွားပြည့်စုံစေရန်အတွက် ထိုသို့ပြုရမည်။
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wisdom should be actively sought from the learned (brāhmaṇas): if one lacks attainment, seek counsel to gain it; if one has attained, continue seeking counsel to refine and expand it. The verse frames learning as a lifelong discipline serving both acquisition and improvement.
Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, states a general maxim on proper conduct: the intelligent person turns to brāhmaṇas for guidance. It functions as ethical instruction within the Vana Parva’s broader setting of counsel, right conduct, and sustaining dharma during hardship.