Shloka 50
Sanatsujāta–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Saṃvāda: Pramāda as Mṛtyu
Chapter 42
छन्दांसि नाम क्षत्रिय तान्यथर्वा पुरा जगौ महर्षिसड्घ एष: । छन््दोविदस्ते य उत नाधीतवेदा न वेदवेद्यस्य विदुर्हि तत्त्वम्
chandāṁsi nāma kṣatriya tāny atharvā purā jagau maharṣi-saṅgha eṣaḥ | chando-vidas te ya uta nādhīta-vedā na veda-vedyasya vidur hi tattvam, rājan |
萨那苏迦多说道：“刹帝利啊，这些称为‘韵律／圣颂’（chandas），即吠陀赞歌；往昔圣者阿闼婆梵曾在这大圣仙众会前歌咏它们。然而，有人纵然研习吠陀，却不知那应由吠陀所证知的至上者之真实体性——此辈实非吠陀之知者，王啊。”
सनत्युजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
Mere mastery of Vedic recitation or learning does not make one a true knower of the Veda; true knowledge is knowing the ultimate reality (that which the Veda intends to reveal).
Sanatsujāta instructs the king in a didactic setting, invoking Atharvan and the ancient seer-assembly to ground his authority, then redirects attention from ritual/metrical expertise to realization of the Veda’s highest object of knowledge.