Shloka 12
Vipulopākhyāna—Ruci-rakṣā and Śakra’s Māyā (विपुलोपाख्यानम्—रुचिरक्षणं शक्रमाया च)
भवेत् पण्डितमानी यो ब्राह्मणो वेदनिन्दक: । आन्वीक्षिकीं तर्कविद्यामनुरक्तो निरर्थिकाम्
bhavet paṇḍitamānī yo brāhmaṇo vedanindakaḥ | ānvīkṣikīṁ tarkavidyām anurakto nirarthikām ||
毗湿摩说道：若有婆罗门自恃学识而骄矜，诋毁吠陀，又沉溺于徒然的阿那毗迦史迦（ānvīkṣikī）——无益的逻辑争辩——当视之为不可亲近之人。智者以其如犬。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Learning without humility becomes adharma: when a person uses logic merely to win arguments and to denigrate the Vedas, such reasoning is called fruitless. True wisdom supports dharma, disciplined speech, and scripturally aligned reasoning rather than prideful disputation.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on conduct and dharma, he describes a type of brāhmaṇa who is arrogant about scholarship and hostile to Vedic authority, being devoted to empty debate. Bhīṣma declares that such a person should be socially shunned, and notes that the wise compare him to a dog.