Chapter 100 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 100

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 100.36

कच्चिन्न लोकायतिकान् ब्राह्मणांस्तात सेवसे। अनर्थकुशला ह्येते बालाः पण्डितमानिनः॥ धर्मशास्त्रेषु मुख्येषु विद्यमानेषु दुर्बुधाः। बुद्धिमान्वीक्षिकी प्राप्य निरर्थं प्रवदन्ति ते॥

kaccinna lokāyatikān brāhmaṇāṃstāta sevase| anarthakuśalā hyete bālāḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ|| dharmaśāstreṣu mukhyeṣu vidyamāneṣu durbudhāḥ| buddhimānvīkṣikī prāpya nirarthaṃ pravadanti te||

English Meaning

And, my child, you did not minister to atheistical Brāhmaṇas? These childish persons proud of their learning are only fit for bringing evils upon others. While there are excellent scriptures, these people of subtle intellects, having acquired a knowledge of dialectics, speak vanities.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)