Shloka 115
Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)
वेदपूर्व वेदितव्यं प्रयत्नात् तत् वै वेदस्तस्य वेद: शरीरम् । वेदस्तत्त्वं तत्समासोपलब्धौ क्लीबस्त्वात्मा ततू स वेद्यस्य वेद्यम्
vedapūrvaṁ veditavyaṁ prayatnāt tat vai vedas tasya vedaḥ śarīram | vedas tattvaṁ tat-samāsopalabdhau klībatv ātmā tato sa vedyasya vedyam ||
玉提希提罗说道：“凡以吠陀为根基者，当以勤勉之力而知之；因为那才真正称为‘吠陀’。对真正的知者而言，吠陀本身便成为知识之身——其所依止。其精髓在被摄入简要的总摄时得以证得；然而当自我陷入无力、缺乏内在的刚健与澄明时，即便应当知的，也只停留为‘可知之物’，而非活生生的证悟。”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
True knowledge must be pursued diligently and grounded in authoritative wisdom (the Veda). Its essence is grasped by understanding the condensed gist, but inner weakness (loss of moral and mental vigor) prevents knowledge from becoming realized truth in one’s life.
In the Vana Parva dialogue context, Yudhiṣṭhira speaks reflectively about the nature of Vedic knowledge—how it should be sought, how its essence is apprehended, and how a weakened inner self fails to assimilate what is knowable into lived understanding.