Hitopdesh • Chapter 1 • Shloka 23
यस्य कस्य प्रसूतोऽपि गुणवान्पूज्यते नरः ।
धनुर्वंशविशुद्धोऽपि निर्गुणः किं करिष्यति ॥
A man of merits, born of whatever parents, is honoured; (for) what is the use of a bow that is without string though made of a faultless bamboo staff (or, what can a man of pure Kshatriya extraction do if wanting in martial vigour)?
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