[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Gnomic verse and anthologies](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita) › [Shatakatraya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya) › 1.20 # Shatakatraya 1.20 Śatakatraya 1.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.20) vidyā nāma narasya rūpam adhikaṃ pracchanna-guptaṃ dhanaṃ vidyā bhogakarī yaśaḥ-sukhakarī vidyā gurūṇāṃ guruḥ | vidyā bandhujano videśa-gamane vidyā parā devatā vidyā rājasu pūjyate na tu dhanaṃ vidyā-vihīnaḥ paśuḥ || > Learning is truly a man's higher beauty, his secret, guarded wealth; > learning confers sensual pleasure, brings fame and happiness; learning is the teacher of teachers; > learning is a kinsman when traveling in a foreign land; learning is the supreme deity; > learning is honored among kings, not wealth: one destitute of learning is a beast. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.19) - [Next: 1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.21) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.1.20) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.9.3) — Sanskrit - [Rājanītiśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.niti.rajanitisastra.2.36) — Cāṇakya, Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.2.16) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.20) · Pramāṇa