Saturday, March 14, 2020

we cannot satisfy a blockhead...



अज्ञः सुखमाराध्यः सुखतरमाराध्यते विशेषज्ञः
ज्ञानलवदुर्विदग्दम् ब्रह्मापि नरं न रञ्जयति॥
भर्त्रुहरेः नीतिशतके श्लोकः ३
ajñaḥ sukhamārādhyaḥ sukhataramārādhyate viśeṣajñaḥ
jñānalavadurvidagdam brahmāpi naraṁ na rañjayati||
bhartruhareḥ nītiśatake ślokaḥ 3
A gem from the philosopher poet. Bhartuhari..


It is easy to please a relatively ignorant person..
It is not at all difficult to convince an expert...
But even the Creator himself will find it impossible to satisfy a person who deludes himself to be very learned when his knowledge is in fact very llittle.

(ajnaH.अज्ञः ..an ignorant person , sukham.सुखं . easily, aaradhyaH.आराध्यः. capble of being satisfied, convinced. sukhatharam..सुखतरं .. comparatively easier viseshajnaH. विशेषज्ञः .. expert आराध्यते is satisfied jnaanallava.ज्ञानलव .very little knowledge. durvidadgaH. दुर्विदग्दं .. quack... partially of not well educated. naram..नरं a man, a person. ब्रह्मा अपि न not even the Brahmadeva . ranjayaati.. रञ्जयति to please..)

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