Shloka 20
Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
अनापृष्टकथो वाग्मी विद्वान् मैत्रो गुणाकरः ।
मान्यमानयिता धीमान् ह्रीमान् विनयभूषणः ॥
anāpṛṣṭakatho vāgmī vidvān maitro guṇākaraḥ |
mānyamānayitā dhīmān hrīmān vinaya-bhūṣaṇaḥ ||
अनाहूतः न वदति; वाग्मी, विद्वान्, सुहृद्, गुणनिधिः; पूज्यपूजकः, बुद्धिमान्, विनीतः, सदाचारभूषितश्च।
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FAQs
A compact dharma-profile: restraint in speech, learning, friendliness, and humility are presented as the true ornaments of a person—more valuable than status or power.
Didactic characterization within vaṃśānucarita-style storytelling (describing a notable person’s virtues), though not a formal dynastic list.
‘Not speaking unasked’ indicates mastery over vāk-indriya; such restraint is a subtle tapas that preserves prāṇa and steadies manas, enabling higher clarity (dhī).