यदा किञ्चित्ज्ञोऽहं द्विप इव मदान्धः समभवं
तदा सर्वज्ञोऽस्मीत्यभवद् अवलिप्तं मम मनः
यदा किञ्चित् किञ्चिद् बुधजन-सकाशाद् अवगतं
तदा मूर्खोऽस्मीति ज्वर इव मदो मे व्यपगतः ॥८॥
नीतिशतकं भर्तृहरि
yadā kiñcitjño'haṁ dvipa iva madāndhaḥ samabhavaṁ
tadā sarvajño'smītyabhavad avaliptaṁ mama manaḥ
yadā kiñcit kiñcid budhajana-sakāśād avagataṁ
tadā mūrkho'smīti jvara iva mado me vyapagataḥ ||8||
nītiśatakaṁ bhartṛhari
when I was rendered blind to the reality just like an elephant in rut I became arrogant without realizing the fact that my knowledge is very little. In that state of mind I assume that I knew all that one should know in this world.
But when I started taking lessons little by little from the really learned persons, the truth dawned upon me that I am an idiot having very little knowledge and then and there, my arrogance fled away from me as if it was only a hallucination while I had fever.
How true it is!
Often we come by some little knowledge and perhaps in a limited circle we could even give the false impression that we are very learned. The the arrogance which is the bane of a man of letters catches up with us invariably.
Our state of mind is like that of an elephant in rut...we become oblivious to our limitations.
But when we are thrown into the ocean of knowledge of the really learned and accomplished persons, we realise that we are idiots with little knowledge and for any person with some sense, the arrogance vanished mmediately just like hallucinated thoughts which are generated in us while we are suffering from fever all disappear when we are cured of the fever itself
-- तदा सर्वज्ञोऽस्मीत्यभवद् अवलिप्तं मम मनः
यदा किञ्चित् किञ्चिद् बुधजन-सकाशाद् अवगतं
तदा मूर्खोऽस्मीति ज्वर इव मदो मे व्यपगतः ॥८॥
नीतिशतकं भर्तृहरि
yadā kiñcitjño'haṁ dvipa iva madāndhaḥ samabhavaṁ
tadā sarvajño'smītyabhavad avaliptaṁ mama manaḥ
yadā kiñcit kiñcid budhajana-sakāśād avagataṁ
tadā mūrkho'smīti jvara iva mado me vyapagataḥ ||8||
nītiśatakaṁ bhartṛhari
when I was rendered blind to the reality just like an elephant in rut I became arrogant without realizing the fact that my knowledge is very little. In that state of mind I assume that I knew all that one should know in this world.
But when I started taking lessons little by little from the really learned persons, the truth dawned upon me that I am an idiot having very little knowledge and then and there, my arrogance fled away from me as if it was only a hallucination while I had fever.
How true it is!
Often we come by some little knowledge and perhaps in a limited circle we could even give the false impression that we are very learned. The the arrogance which is the bane of a man of letters catches up with us invariably.
Our state of mind is like that of an elephant in rut...we become oblivious to our limitations.
But when we are thrown into the ocean of knowledge of the really learned and accomplished persons, we realise that we are idiots with little knowledge and for any person with some sense, the arrogance vanished mmediately just like hallucinated thoughts which are generated in us while we are suffering from fever all disappear when we are cured of the fever itself
श्री कृष्णो रक्षतु
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
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