An intelligent man plans his activities and expects to achieve his chosen goal or earn his purpose. He is clear of his motives. He is precise of his intentions. But an unintelligent fool, if he is questioned, due to his foolishness, cannot say for what purpose he is doing a piece of work. He is unconscious of his intentions. He is not intelligent enough to recognise that his activities are to achieve a definite goal of his. If such a fool were to be asked why he has undertaken a certain activity, he is not able to state his motive (atad-vādī)11. The liberated in life, under the force of the
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