Chanakya Neeti

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दारिद्र्यनाशनं दानं शीलं दुर्गतिनाशनम् । अज्ञाननाशिनी प्रज्ञा भावना भयनाशिनी ॥११II

sanskrit

Charity destroys poverty. Good conduct destroys sorrow. Prudence destroys ignorance and devotion destroys fear.

english translation

hindi translation

dAridryanAzanaM dAnaM zIlaM durgatinAzanam | ajJAnanAzinI prajJA bhAvanA bhayanAzinI ||11II

hk transliteration

नास्ति कामसमो व्याधिर्नास्ति मोहसमो रिपुः । नास्ति कोपसमो वह्निर्नास्ति ज्ञानात्परं सुखम्॥१२II

sanskrit

There is no disease like lust, there is no hatred like ignorance, there is no fire like anger and there is no happiness greater than knowledge.

english translation

hindi translation

nAsti kAmasamo vyAdhirnAsti mohasamo ripuH | nAsti kopasamo vahnirnAsti jJAnAtparaM sukham||12II

hk transliteration

जन्ममृत्यू हि यात्येको भुनक्त्येकः शुभाशुभम्। नरकेषुपतत्येक एको याति परां गतिम्॥१३II

sanskrit

A person is born alone. Dies alone. good and bad of your deeds One goes to hell alone or attains salvation. He suffers the consequences alone.

english translation

hindi translation

janmamRtyU hi yAtyeko bhunaktyekaH zubhAzubham| narakeSupatatyeka eko yAti parAM gatim||13II

hk transliteration

तृणं ब्रह्मविदः स्वर्गस्तृणं शूरस्य जीवितम् । जिताशस्य तृणं नारी निःस्पृहस्य तृणं जगत्॥१४II

sanskrit

For a Brahmagyani, heaven is like a straw. For a mighty warrior, his life is like a straw. For a sensual person, a woman is like a straw and for a person devoid of desires, the whole world is like a straw.

english translation

hindi translation

tRNaM brahmavidaH svargastRNaM zUrasya jIvitam | jitAzasya tRNaM nArI niHspRhasya tRNaM jagat||14II

hk transliteration

विद्या मित्रं प्रवासे च भार्यामित्रं गृहेषु च । व्याधितस्यौषधं मित्रं धर्मो मित्रं मृतस्य च II१५II

sanskrit

Vidya is a friend abroad. The wife is a friend at home. The friend of the patient is medicine and the friend of the dead is religion.

english translation

hindi translation

vidyA mitraM pravAse ca bhAryAmitraM gRheSu ca | vyAdhitasyauSadhaM mitraM dharmo mitraM mRtasya ca II15II

hk transliteration