Shloka 93
इष्टार्थो विद्यया होव न विद्यां प्रजह्ेन्नर: । जिस प्रकार पानी पीनेसे मनुष्यकी प्यास अवश्य बुझ जाती है
iṣṭārtho vidyayā hova na vidyāṃ prajahennaraḥ |
Wika ni Yudhiṣṭhira: “Kung ang ninanais na layon ay laging natatamo sa pamamagitan ng pagkatuto, walang taong tatalikod o magpapabaya sa kaalaman. Kung paanong ang pag-inom ng tubig ay tiyak na pumapawi ng uhaw, gayon din—kung ang pag-aaral ay di nagkukulang sa pagbibigay ng minimithi—ang lahat ay kakapit dito.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Knowledge (vidyā) is valuable, but it does not mechanically guarantee the attainment of one’s desired ends. If learning unfailingly produced success, no one would ever neglect it; the fact that people do neglect it shows that outcomes depend on additional factors beyond mere learning.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-focused setting, Yudhiṣṭhira reflects on the relationship between learning and the fulfillment of aims, using an everyday analogy (water quenching thirst) to argue that knowledge is not an automatic, invariable means to every desired result.