करस्थमुदकं त्यक्त्वा घनस्थमभिवाञ्छति।
सिद्धमन्नं परित्यज्य भिक्षामटति दुर्मतिः॥
Abandoning water at hand, the fool desires a distant cloud. He leaves ready food to beg elsewhere—this is the nature of ignorance.