Chanakya Neeti

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सकृज्जल्पन्ति राजानः सकृज्जल्पन्ति पण्डिताः । सकृत्कन्याः प्रदीयन्तेत्रीण्येतानि सकृत्सकृत् ॥११II

sanskrit

The king gives orders only once, the pundit speaks only once and a girl is married only once; All this work is done only once.

english translation

hindi translation

sakRjjalpanti rAjAnaH sakRjjalpanti paNDitAH | sakRtkanyAH pradIyantetrINyetAni sakRtsakRt ||11II

hk transliteration

एकाकिना तपो द्वाभ्यां पठनं गायनं त्रिभिः । चतुर्भिर्गमनं क्षेत्रं पञ्चभिर्बहुभी रणः ॥१२II

sanskrit

If you do penance, do it alone, if you practice, do it with others, if you sing, do it with three people, if you do agriculture, do it with four people, and if you do war, do it with many people together.

english translation

hindi translation

ekAkinA tapo dvAbhyAM paThanaM gAyanaM tribhiH | caturbhirgamanaM kSetraM paJcabhirbahubhI raNaH ||12II

hk transliteration

सा भार्याया शुचिर्दक्षा सा भार्याया पतिव्रता । सा भार्याया पतिप्रीता सा भार्यासत्यवादिनी II१३II

sanskrit

She is the wife who is pure and clever, she is the wife who is devoted to her husband, she is the wife who is loved by her husband, and she is the wife who speaks the truth.

english translation

hindi translation

sA bhAryAyA zucirdakSA sA bhAryAyA pativratA | sA bhAryAyA patiprItA sA bhAryAsatyavAdinI II13II

hk transliteration

अपुत्रस्य गृहं शून्यं दिशः शून्यास्त्वबान्धवाः । मूर्खस्य हृदयं शून्यं सर्वशून्या दरिद्रता II१४II

sanskrit

The house of a sonless person is desolate. One who has no relatives, all his directions are desolate. The heart of a foolish person is desolate and everything of a poor person is desolate.

english translation

hindi translation

aputrasya gRhaM zUnyaM dizaH zUnyAstvabAndhavAH | mUrkhasya hRdayaM zUnyaM sarvazUnyA daridratA II14II

hk transliteration

अनभ्यासे विषं शास्त्रमजीर्णेभोजनं विषम्। दरिद्रस्य विषं गोष्ठी वृद्धस्य तरुणी विषम्॥१५II

sanskrit

Scripture without practice is poison, undigested food is poison. For the poor, celebration is poison and for the old, a young woman is poison.

english translation

hindi translation

anabhyAse viSaM zAstramajIrNebhojanaM viSam| daridrasya viSaM goSThI vRddhasya taruNI viSam||15II

hk transliteration