Chanakya Neeti

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माता शत्रुः पिता वैरी येनवालो न पाठितः। न शोभते सभामध्ये हंसमध्ये वको यथा।।११।।

sanskrit

Those parents who do not educate their children are like enemies of the children. Because those uneducated children are despised in the gathering of scholars just like herons in the gathering of swans.

english translation

hindi translation

mAtA zatruH pitA vairI yenavAlo na pAThitaH| na zobhate sabhAmadhye haMsamadhye vako yathA||11||

hk transliteration

लालनाद् बहवो दोषास्ताडनाद् बहवो गुणाः। तस्मात्पुत्रं च शिष्यं च ताडयेन्न तु लालयेत्।।१२।।

sanskrit

Excessive pampering causes bad habits in children, by giving them strict education they learn good habits, hence do not hesitate to punish children if necessary.

english translation

hindi translation

lAlanAd bahavo doSAstADanAd bahavo guNAH| tasmAtputraM ca ziSyaM ca tADayenna tu lAlayet||12||

hk transliteration

श्लोकेन वा तदर्द्धेन तदर्द्धाऽर्द्धक्षरेण वा । अबन्ध्यं दिवसं कुर्याद् दानाध्ययनकर्मभि।।१३।।

sanskrit

Not a single day should go by when you did not learn a sloka, half a sloka, a quarter sloka, or just one syllable of a sloka, or you did not do charity, practice or any pious work.

english translation

hindi translation

zlokena vA tadarddhena tadarddhA'rddhakSareNa vA | abandhyaM divasaM kuryAd dAnAdhyayanakarmabhi||13||

hk transliteration

कान्तावियोग स्वजनापमानो ऋणस्य शेषः कुनृपस्य सेवा दरिद्रभावो विषया सभा च विनाग्निमेते प्रदहन्ति कायम्।।१४।।

sanskrit

Separation from one's wife, being insulted by one's own people, outstanding debts, service to an evil king, poverty and gathering of the poor - these six things burn the body without fire.

english translation

hindi translation

kAntAviyoga svajanApamAno RNasya zeSaH kunRpasya sevA daridrabhAvo viSayA sabhA ca vinAgnimete pradahanti kAyam||14||

hk transliteration

नदीतीरे च ये वृक्षाः परगेहेषु कामिनी। मन्त्रिहीनाश्च राजानः शीघ्रं नश्यन्त्यसंशयम् ।।१५।।

sanskrit

The trees on the banks of the river, the woman living in another person's house and the king without ministers - all these surely perish quickly.

english translation

hindi translation

nadItIre ca ye vRkSAH parageheSu kAminI| mantrihInAzca rAjAnaH zIghraM nazyantyasaMzayam ||15||

hk transliteration