Chanakya Neeti

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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