Manusmriti

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हिरण्यभूमिसम्प्राप्त्या पार्थिवो न तथैधते । यथा मित्रं ध्रुवं लब्ध्वा कृशमप्यायतिक्षमम् ॥ २०८ ॥

sanskrit

By gaining gold and land a king grows not so much in strength as by obtaining a firm friend, (who), though weak, (may become) powerful in the future.

english translation

hiraNyabhUmisamprAptyA pArthivo na tathaidhate । yathA mitraM dhruvaM labdhvA kRzamapyAyatikSamam ॥ 208 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/manusmriti/7/208

हिरण्यभूमिसम्प्राप्त्या पार्थिवो न तथैधते । यथा मित्रं ध्रुवं लब्ध्वा कृशमप्यायतिक्षमम् ॥ २०८ ॥

sanskrit

By gaining gold and land a king grows not so much in strength as by obtaining a firm friend, (who), though weak, (may become) powerful in the future.

english translation

hiraNyabhUmisamprAptyA pArthivo na tathaidhate । yathA mitraM dhruvaM labdhvA kRzamapyAyatikSamam ॥ 208 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript