Verse No. 5 of mangaLASAsanam (auspicious preamble):
itah kOnvasti mUDhAtmA
yastu svArdhE pramAdyati
durlabham mAnusham dEham
prApya tatrApi paurasham.
ENGLISH GIST
It is not easy for a creature to get the body of a HUMAN and of a MAN.
Having got such DIFFICULT TO GET THINGS, if a person WITHOUT ALERTNESS moves in SELFISHNESS, who can be a greater fool than him?
(Suggested answer: NO!).
PERSONAL VIEWS OF YBRAO A DONKEY
paurushaha = manhood or being born as a man. Gender discrimination might not have been intended. The poet's view seems to be that women are less fortunate and men are more fortunate. This may be because, women have to bear the burden of pregnancies, feed the children, change the diapers etc. and consequently they may have little time for INTROSPECTION and MAKE EFFORTS FOR SELF-REALISATION. Availability of time castes a greater duty on man to introspect, when compared to women.
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