Neeti Shataka I, All-Knowing Know Not Poem by Aniruddha Pathak
Neeti Shataka I, All-Knowing Know Not
I knew not but thought knew a lot,
In a quick-silver to get caught;
A pachyderm as if in heat
A man was I so indiscreet,
An all-knowing know-not—
An arrogant blow-dot!
But tutored by a wise man's school,
I realised I was a fool
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This is free translation of a verse from Bhartrhari's Neeti Shataka.
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8/13/2025 11:08:21 AM # 1.0.0
We always think we know much but then someone we meet who much more than us. Yes, we are frogs of a well.
Thank you Akhtar Jawad, you must be knowing of that wit who talked about four kinds of people. This one is: one that knows not and knows not that he knows not.