In English
There was once a very learned who had mastered all the and the . He set out one day for a neighbouring village. On the way, he had to board a boat to cross a river. To pass the time, he began asking the boatman some questions. “Can you tell the time by looking at a watch?” was the first query. The simple boatman replied that he could not. At this, the arrogant laughed derisively and told the poor man that a quarter of the latter’s life was as good as wasted in the river.