thousand drumbeats would not stir up the ignoramus

 

अज्ञानवरषण्डेन प्रसुप्तो नरगर्द्दभः।

को समर्थः प्रबोद्धुं तं ज्ञानभेरीशतैरपि॥

ajñānavaraṣaṇḍena prasupto naragarddabhaḥ।

ko samarthaḥ praboddhuṃ taṃ jñānabherīśatairapi॥

Mahaasubhaashitasangraham 438 chanakya

Having become impotent through extreme ignorance, the man, who is just like a donkey is fast asleep. Beating of hundred drums in the shape of enlightenment is not going to wake him up.