Chapter 12 seems to contrast faith with 'dry knowledge.' Can you explain this teaching and who the author warns against?

Chapter 12 of the Shri Sai Satcharitra strongly emphasizes that "firm faith" is superior to what it terms the "stiffness of dry knowledge." It teaches that an ignorant person, by placing simple faith at the feet of a saint, can successfully cross the crisis of worldly existence. In contrast, the chapter warns against associating with those who are learned but swell with "dry pride." It specifically calls out scholars who may be well-versed in scriptures like the Vedas but are "intoxicated with the pride of knowledge" and use it to obstruct the path of devotion. The text suggests that the end for such individuals does not seem good, as their intellectual riddles are never truly solved.