Shloka 24
Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
सन्ति शास्त्रविदोऽशीलाḥ सन्ति मूर्खाः सुशीलिनः ।
शास्त्रशीले समं मन्ये पुत्रौ धन्यतरन्तु तम् ॥
santi śāstravido 'śīlāḥ santi mūrkhāḥ suśīlinaḥ | śāstraśīle samaṃ manye putrau dhanyatarantu tam ||
ചിലർ ശാസ്ത്രജ്ഞരായിട്ടും സദാചാരരഹിതർ; ചിലർ അശിക്ഷിതരായിട്ടും സുസ്വഭാവികൾ. വിദ്യയും ശീലവും സമമാണെന്ന് ഞാൻ കരുതുന്നു; നിങ്ങൾ ഇരുവരും രണ്ടും ഉൾക്കൊണ്ട് ആ പുരുഷനെ കൂടുതൽ ധന്യനാക്കുക।
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FAQs
Neither scholarship without virtue nor virtue without discernment is ideal; the text levels them as equally valuable and implicitly recommends their union. Social trust and dharma require both right understanding and right behavior.
Primarily dharma-śikṣā (ethical instruction), not a pañcalakṣaṇa enumerative passage.
Śāstra can be read as ‘right view’ and śīla as ‘right embodiment.’ Their equality hints that realization is incomplete if it remains only conceptual or only habitual.