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कांश्चिदर्थान्नरः प्राज्ञो लघुमूलान्महाफलान् । क्षिप्रमारभते कर्तुं न विघ्नयति तादृशान्॥५-३४-२१॥
Some aims begin small yet yield great fruit; the wise undertake such aims swiftly and do not hinder endeavors of that kind.
english translation
ऋजु पश्यति यः सर्वं चक्षुषानुपिबन्निव । आसीनमपि तूष्णीकमनुरज्यन्ति तं प्रजाः॥५-३४-२२॥
He who sees all things with straightforward clarity, as though drinking them in with his eyes—subjects grow devoted to him, even when he sits in silence.
english translation
चक्षुषा मनसा वाचा कर्मणा च चतुर्विधम् । प्रसादयति लोकं यः तं लोकोऽनुप्रसीदति॥५-३४-२३॥
He who pleases people in four ways—by his gaze, by his mind, by his speech, and by his deeds—upon him the people, in turn, bestow their goodwill.
english translation
यस्मात्त्रस्यन्ति भूतानि मृगव्याधान्मृगा इव । सागरान्तामपि महीं लब्ध्वा स परिहीयते॥५-३४-२४॥
He from whom beings recoil in fear, like deer from a hunter—even if he obtains the earth bounded by the ocean—he is diminished.
english translation
पितृपैतामहं राज्यं प्राप्तवान्स्वेन तेजसा । वायुरभ्रमिवासाद्य भ्रंशयत्यनये स्थितः॥५-३४-२५॥
Having obtained the ancestral and grand-ancestral kingdom by his own prowess, if he stands in unrighteous policy, he brings it down—like wind striking a cloud and dispersing it.
english translation