Chanakya Neeti

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लुब्धानां याचकः शत्रुर्मूर्खानां बोधको रिपुः । जारस्त्रीणां पतिः शत्रुराणां चन्द्रमा रिपुः ॥६॥

sanskrit

The enemy of a greedy person is a beggar, the enemy of fools is the one who understands them, the enemy of a woman who is attached to another man is her husband and the enemy of thieves is the moon.

english translation

hindi translation

lubdhAnAM yAcakaH zatrurmUrkhAnAM bodhako ripuH | jArastrINAM patiH zatrurANAM candramA ripuH ||6||

hk transliteration

येषां न विद्या न तपो न दानं ज्ञानं न शीलं न गुणो न धर्मः । ते मर्त्यलोके भुवि भारभूता मनुष्यरूपेण मृगाश्चरन्ति ॥७॥

sanskrit

Those who have neither knowledge, nor penance, nor charity, nor knowledge, nor modesty, nor virtues, nor any sense of religion. They are just animals moving around in the form of humans, adding weight to the earth.

english translation

hindi translation

yeSAM na vidyA na tapo na dAnaM jJAnaM na zIlaM na guNo na dharmaH | te martyaloke bhuvi bhArabhUtA manuSyarUpeNa mRgAzcaranti ||7||

hk transliteration

अन्तः सारविहीनानामुपदेशो न जायते । मलयाचलसंसर्गात्र वेणुश्चन्दनायते ॥८॥

sanskrit

Foolish people do not understand any advice. Even if bamboo is grown on the Malay Mountains, it does not have the qualities of sandalwood.

english translation

hindi translation

antaH sAravihInAnAmupadezo na jAyate | malayAcalasaMsargAtra veNuzcandanAyate ||8||

hk transliteration

यस्य नास्ति स्वयं प्रज्ञा शास्त्रं तस्य करोति किम् । लोचनाभ्यां विहीनस्य दर्पणः किं करिष्यति ॥९॥

sanskrit

What good will the scriptures do to someone who has no intelligence of his own? What would a man without eyes do with a mirror?

english translation

hindi translation

yasya nAsti svayaM prajJA zAstraM tasya karoti kim | locanAbhyAM vihInasya darpaNaH kiM kariSyati ||9||

hk transliteration

दुर्जनं सज्जनं कर्तुमुपायो नहि भूतले । अपानं शतधा धौतं न श्रेष्ठमिन्द्रियं भवेत॥१०॥

sanskrit

An evil person can never reform. No matter how much you clean the back area where defecation occurs, it still cannot keep up with the other best parts of the body.

english translation

hindi translation

durjanaM sajjanaM kartumupAyo nahi bhUtale | apAnaM zatadhA dhautaM na zreSThamindriyaM bhaveta||10||

hk transliteration