Shloka 35
Śreyas-nirdeśa (Discerning the Superior Good): Nārada–Gālava Saṃvāda
Devanagari script
नास्ति विद्यासमं चक्षुर्नास्ति विद्यासमं फलम्
Transliteration
nāsti vidyāsamaṃ cakṣur nāsti vidyāsamaṃ phalam
Translation
بھیشم نے کہا—علم کے برابر کوئی بصیرت نہیں، اور علم کے برابر کوئی پھل نہیں۔
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अस्तिis/exists
अस्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (असँ)
FormLat (present indicative), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada
विद्या-समम्equal to knowledge
विद्या-समम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootविद्या + सम (सम)
Formneuter, nominative, singular
चक्षुःeye; (metaph.) vision
चक्षुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचक्षुस्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अस्तिis/exists
अस्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (असँ)
FormLat (present indicative), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada
विद्या-समम्equal to knowledge
विद्या-समम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootविद्या + सम (सम)
Formneuter, nominative, singular
फलम्fruit; result
फलम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootफल
Formneuter, nominative, singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
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.