Shloka 35
Śreyas-nirdeśa (Discerning the Superior Good): Nārada–Gālava Saṃvāda
नास्ति विद्यासमं चक्षुर्नास्ति विद्यासमं फलम्
nāsti vidyāsamaṃ cakṣur nāsti vidyāsamaṃ phalam
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Walang paningin na kapantay ng kaalaman, at walang gantimpala na kapantay ng kaalaman.” Sa aral ng Śānti Parva, pinatutunayan nito na ang pagkatuto ang pinakamalinaw na ‘panloob na mata’ sa paghiwatig ng dharma, at ang pinakamataas at pinakamatagal na bunga ng pagsisikap ng tao.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Knowledge (vidyā) is portrayed as the highest form of ‘sight’—the capacity to perceive right and wrong—and as the greatest ‘fruit,’ meaning the most valuable and lasting result of human striving.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma is teaching Yudhiṣṭhira about dharma and right living; this verse is a concise maxim emphasizing the supreme value of knowledge within that counsel.