Chanakya Neeti

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लोभश्चेदगुणेन किं पिशुनता यद्यस्ति किं पातकैः सत्यं चेत्तपसा च किं शुचि मनो यद्यस्ति तीर्थेन किम् । सौजन्यं यदि किं गुणैः सुमहिमा यद्यस्ति किं मण्डनैः सद्विद्या यदि किं धनैरपयशो यद्यस्ति किं मृत्युना ॥४॥

sanskrit

What is a greater vice than greed? What is a greater sin than slander? What is the need to do penance for what is established in truth? Why does one who has a pure heart need a pilgrimage? If nature is good then what is the need for any other quality? If there is fame then what is the need for ornamentation? If you have good knowledge then what is the need for money? And if there is infamy then what is the fear of death.

english translation

hindi translation

lobhazcedaguNena kiM pizunatA yadyasti kiM pAtakaiH satyaM cettapasA ca kiM zuci mano yadyasti tIrthena kim | saujanyaM yadi kiM guNaiH sumahimA yadyasti kiM maNDanaiH sadvidyA yadi kiM dhanairapayazo yadyasti kiM mRtyunA ||4||

hk transliteration