Eight Qualities of a Fool
मूर्खत्वं सुलभं भजस्व कुमते मूर्खस्य चाष्टौ गुणाः
निश्चिन्तो बहुभोजकोऽतिमुखरो रात्रिंदिवं स्वप्नभाक्।
कार्याकार्यविचारणेऽन्धबधिरो मानापमाने समः
प्रायेणामयवर्जितो दृढवपुर्मूर्खः सुखं जीवति॥ n/1
मूर्खत्वं सुलभं भजस्व कुमते मूर्खस्य चाष्टौ गुणाः
निश्चिन्तो बहुभोजकोऽतिमुखरो रात्रिंदिवं स्वप्नभाक्।
कार्याकार्यविचारणेऽन्धबधिरो मानापमाने समः
प्रायेणामयवर्जितो दृढवपुर्मूर्खः सुखं जीवति॥ n/1
mūrkhatvaṁ sulabhaṁ bhajasva kumate mūrkhasya cāṣṭau guṇāḥ
niścinto bahubhojako'timukharo rātrindivaṁ svapnabhāk |
kāryākāryavicāraṇe'ndhabadhiro mānāpamāne samaḥ
prāyeṇāmayavarjito dṛḍhavapurmūrkhaḥ sukhaṁ jīvati||
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niścinto bahubhojako'timukharo rātrindivaṁ svapnabhāk |
kāryākāryavicāraṇe'ndhabadhiro mānāpamāne samaḥ
prāyeṇāmayavarjito dṛḍhavapurmūrkhaḥ sukhaṁ jīvati||
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This is a beautiful verse in Sanskrit from the Subhashita literature, describing eight qualities of a fool. It says in a sarcastic manner that if you want to live happily draw this inspiration from a fool who: 1. lives a life of no worries (niścinta); n/3
2. good eater (bahu-bhojaka); 3.enjoys the freedom of speech by speaking anything and everything without hesitation (ati-mukhara); 4. lives in the world of dream day and night (rātrindivaṁ svapna-bhāk); n/4
5. is deaf and blind (andha-badhirah) in the matter of what is right and what is wrong (kāryākārya-vicāraṇe); 6. is equal in praise and insult (mānāpamāne samaḥ - praise or insult makes no difference to him); 7. is mostly free from diseases (prāyeṇa āmayavarjita); n/5
8. is with a robust body (dṛḍha-vapu).
And, finally, the poet says that because of these eight qualities the fool enjoys a happy life (mūrkhaḥ sukhaṁ jīvati). n/6
And, finally, the poet says that because of these eight qualities the fool enjoys a happy life (mūrkhaḥ sukhaṁ jīvati). n/6
