"यदा किञ्चिज्ज्ञोऽहं द्विप इव मदान्ध: समभवम् तदा सर्वज्ञोऽस्मीत्यभवदवलिप्तं मम मन:। यदा किञ्चित्किञ्चिद्बुधजनसकाशादवगतं तदा मूर्खोऽस्मीति ज्वर इव मदो मे व्यपगत:॥"
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When I knew but a little, I was blinded by pride as an elephant is blinded by rut from excitement, and my mind was puffed up with the idea that I knew everything. When, however, I gradually gained knowledge through the contact of the wise I found I was a fool; and the pride, which had possessed me like a fever, left me. — Nītiśataka 8; translation of K.M. Joglekar
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Bhartrihari
Bhartrihari (Devanagari: भर्तृहरि; also romanised as Bhartṛhari) was a 5th century Sanskrit author, considered to have written two influential texts: The Śatakatraya, a book of poetry; and Vākyapadīya, a grammatical treatise.
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