Chanakya Neeti

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न दुर्जनः साधुदशामुपैति बहुप्रकारैरपि शिक्ष्यमाणः । आमूलसिक्तः पयसा घृतेन न निम्बवृक्षो मदुरत्वमेति ॥६II

sanskrit

An evil person can never develop purity, no matter how much he is explained to him. Neem tree can never be sweet even if you water it with ghee and sugar from the crown to the root.

english translation

hindi translation

na durjanaH sAdhudazAmupaiti bahuprakArairapi zikSyamANaH | AmUlasiktaH payasA ghRtena na nimbavRkSo maduratvameti ||6II

hk transliteration

अन्तर्गतमलो दुष्टस्तीर्थस्नानशतैरपि । न शुध्यति यथा भाण्डं सुराया दाहितं च सत ॥७॥

sanskrit

The sins of the wicked heart cannot be purified even by bathing in holy water a hundred times. In the same way, even if a wine vessel is burnt, it cannot become pure.

english translation

hindi translation

antargatamalo duSTastIrthasnAnazatairapi | na zudhyati yathA bhANDaM surAyA dAhitaM ca sata ||7||

hk transliteration

न वेत्ति यो यस्य गुणप्रकर्षं तं सदा निन्दति नात्र चित्रम् | यथा किराती करिकुम्भलब्धां मुक्तां परित्यज्य बिभर्ति गुञ्जाम् ॥८॥

sanskrit

One who does not know the importance of someone's qualities, constantly criticizes him, just as the wife of a wild hunter throws away a gem from an elephant's head and wears a garland of gunja.

english translation

hindi translation

na vetti yo yasya guNaprakarSaM taM sadA nindati nAtra citram | yathA kirAtI karikumbhalabdhAM muktAM parityajya bibharti guJjAm ||8||

hk transliteration

ये तु संवत्सरं पूर्णं नित्यं मौनेन भुञ्जते । युगकोटिसहस्रं तैः स्वर्गलोके महीयते ॥९॥

sanskrit

A person who meditates on God while eating food for a year and does not speak anything, gets worshiped in heaven for a thousand crore years.

english translation

hindi translation

ye tu saMvatsaraM pUrNaM nityaM maunena bhuJjate | yugakoTisahasraM taiH svargaloke mahIyate ||9||

hk transliteration

कामक्रोधौ तथा लोभं स्वादु भृङ्गारकौतुके । अतिनिद्रातिसेवे च विद्यार्थी हाष्ट वर्जयेत ॥१०II

sanskrit

Lust, anger, greed, delicious food, body adornment, excessive play, excessive sleep, Ati Seva, students should leave these eight.

english translation

hindi translation

kAmakrodhau tathA lobhaM svAdu bhRGgArakautuke | atinidrAtiseve ca vidyArthI hASTa varjayeta ||10II

hk transliteration