Shloka 18
कर्मविद्या-भेदः
Karma–Vidyā Distinction: Paths of Bondage and Release
यथावत् कीर्तितं सम्यगेवमेतदसंशयम् । बोध्यं विद्यामयं दृष्टवा योगिभि: परमात्मभि:
yathāvat kīrtitaṃ samyagevam etad asaṃśayam | bodhyaṃ vidyāmayaṃ dṛṣṭvā yogibhiḥ paramātmabhiḥ ||
毗耶娑说道：“此已如实、准确地宣说——确然如此，毫无疑惑。诸安住于至上我（Paramātman）的瑜伽行者，亲证那可知而由智性所成的真实体，遂依其本相而宣说之。”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms the reliability of the teaching about the Supreme Self: it is not speculative but reported ‘as it is’ by yogins who have directly realized the knowable Reality that is of the nature of knowledge itself.
Vyāsa, speaking within the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, validates a prior exposition: realized yogins (paramātma-niṣṭha) have seen the truth and therefore describe it accurately and without doubt.