Sanskrit Wisdom - 63

yathaa kharah chandanabhaaravaahee bhaarasya vettaa na tu chandanasya |

evam hi shaashtraaNi bahuni adheetya artheshu mooDhaah kharavad vahanti || …Sushruta adhyaay 4

yaqaa Kr: candnaBaarvaahI Baarsya vao%%aa na tu candnasya a
evaM ih Saas~aiNa bahuina AQaI%ya Aqao-Yau maUZa: Krvad\ vahint aa ...sauEaut AQyaaya 4

Explanation

Just as a donkey carrying the stack of sandalwood on its back does not recognize the worth of the sandalwood but only groans under its burden, so do many learned people who have studied the ‘scriptures’ (shastras) do not realize their true purport and simply bear the 'weight' of the outward knowledge.