Shloka 19
कर्णनिधनवृत्तान्तनिवेदनम् | Reporting Karṇa’s Fall to Yudhiṣṭhira
अनुसृत्य तु ये धर्म कथयेयुरुपस्थिता: । समासविस्तरदविदां न तेषां वेत्सि निश्चयम्,जो स्वयं धर्मका अनुसरण एवं आचरण करके शिष्योंद्वारा उपासित होकर उन्हें धर्मका उपदेश देते हैं; धर्मके संक्षेप एवं विस्तारको जाननेवाले उन गुरुजनोंका इस विषयमें क्या निर्णय है, इसे तुम नहीं जानते
anusṛtya tu ye dharmaṃ kathayeyur upasthitāḥ | samāsavistaradavidāṃ na teṣāṃ vetsi niścayam ||
Ngunit hindi mo nalalaman ang tiyak na pasya ng mga gurong yaon—yaong sila mismo’y sumusunod at nagsasagawa ng dharma, nilalapitan at pinararangalan ng mga alagad, at saka nagtuturo ng dharma—yaong nakauunawa kapwa ng maiikling simulain at ng masusing paglalapat nito.
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Kṛṣṇa stresses epistemic humility in matters of dharma: one should not presume certainty without knowing the considered conclusion of realized teachers who both practice dharma and understand its principles (summary) as well as its nuanced applications (detail).
In the Karṇa Parva war setting, Kṛṣṇa addresses his interlocutor to correct a claim or assumption about what dharma requires, pointing out that the speaker lacks knowledge of the authoritative decision held by true dharma-knowing teachers.