Thereupon Shriji Mahãrãj asked, "Who is the most ignorant of all ignorant people?"
Everyone pondered over the question, but no one was able to reply. So Shriji Mahãrãj said, "Here, I shall answer Myself."
Hearing this, everyone was pleased and said, "Mahãrãj, only You will be able to give a precise answer; so please explain."
Shriji Mahãrãj then began, "The jiva, which resides within the body, observes both the attractive and the unattractive. It witnesses childhood, youth and old age, as well as a countless number of other things. However, the observer fails to observe its own self. The jiva looks at objects externally; but it does not look at its own self. Therefore, it is the most ignorant of the ignorant. 
"Furthermore, just as the jiva indulges in a countless variety of sights with the eyes, it similarly indulges in and knows the pleasures of the other vishays with the ears, skin, tongue and nose; but it does not indulge in the bliss of its own self; nor does it know its own nature. For this reason, it is the most ignorant of the ignorant, the most senseless of the senseless, the most foolish of fools and the vilest of the vile."
 

[Gadhadã I-20]