Below are the ideas
form chapter
8 of Chanakya Neeti. Have a look …
Those who desire only wealth
belong to lowest class of people. Who desire wealth and respect are above them.
The men who desire honor and respect belong to top most class.
Like a lamp consumes
darkness and produces soot, in similar manner the offspring of a person reflect
the kind of food consumed by him. (Money must be earned from right sources )
O God, wealth must go in hands
of good people. Water in sea is saline, but the water in cloud gives life to
all living creatures. In same way the money in hands of good person brings
happiness to others, while in hands of wicked ….
One foreign invader is
filthy as a thousand scavengers.
One must take bath thoroughly
after oil massage, hair cut, sex and attending funeral to become pure.
Education will be
useless until it is not put to some practical use. The life of an uneducated
person is a total waste. Similar is the case with an army without commander and
a wife without husband.
It is a great tragedy to a man
whose wife passes in old age, whose money is taken by relative, and who lives
on food of others.
Studying Vedas without
performing Yajna is useless and performing Yajna without charity is also
useless. Person’s spirit must be fully committed while performing religious
acts.
Idol of God made of wood, stone
or metal must be worshiped as if God is really present in it. God blesses
according to the faith you have in him.
God is not present in
idols and stones. God resides in soul of all people. Where people pray with
full devotion God appear there.
No blessing is bigger than
peace. No joy is bigger than contentment.There is no religion bigger than
mercy. For a man greed is the worse disease.
Anger is like death.
Feeling of revenge is like river of agony. Education provides everything to a
man and contentedness is a great blessing.
Good qualities enhance beauty
of a person, genteelness adds to glory of ones family. Practical implementation
is the biggest tribute to education and spending wisely is a great tribute to
ones wealth.
A man with beauty, but
no talent is useless. A person with ill-manners brings shame to family.
Like money not spent wisely is waste, so is the education that cannot be
applied.
Following are considered pious;
water coming from ground, an honest wife, a king caring for his subjects,
and a Brahmin without greed.
Following are most
likely to destroy themselves; a greedy Brahmin, a contented (inactive)
king, a coy prostitute and shameless woman.
A great dynasty is not great,
if is deprived from educated members. If a person of low birth has knowledge
and wisdom then he must be respected like/by nobles.
Everyone respects wise
men. They are rewarded with honor and money. A person can attain
everything through knowledge. It is worshiped everywhere.
The Earth is in great pains as
it is being crushed by animals (humans) like drunkards, idiots and uneducated.
Those Yajnas
(religious acts) are like enemy which empty food coffers of a nations,
are performed by priests not knowing the meaning of sacred verses, and by
organizers who don’t do charity.
Need
not to mention that Chanakya Niti is a remarkable Book. Below are the
important points stated in its chapter 9. Have a look …
Any person aiming at deliverance must quit his bad habits and addiction
as if they are poison. One must consider tolerance, forgiveness, patience,
kindness and trust as nectar i.e. include those qualities in life.
People
who are not good at keeping their secrets and who use fouls language meet quick
destruction. Just like a snake trapped in a mothhill will die for sure.
Lord Brahma create gold without fragrance, did not added sweet
fruits to sugarcane, and did not added flowers in sandalwood tree. In same
manner he did not granted wealth to scholars and a longer life to kings.
It appears as if the advisers in his council are not so good. [Simply a
satire ]
It
is commonly believed that nector is king of all medicines, food is the most
satisfying thing, eye is the queen of all sensory organs, and head is most
useful body part.
A student, servant, guard, starving person, and a traveler
must be woken up when they are at duty.
One
must never disturb them while sleeping. They are tiger, king, child, others
dog, serpent, and pig. Let them sleep.
A man who recites scriptures just for making money and who has no
problem in receiving alms from lowly people looses his respect
permanently. People will begin treating him as an insignificant snake with
no venom.
One
whose anger does not inspires anyone, pleasing whom does not
deliver profit, and one without authority to punish or reward are nothing,
but insignificant.
If a snake is non-poisonous, then too it must pretend like one with
ability to take life. (You know your weakness, not your opponent. It might
fetch you a victory)
Wise
men spend their time reading stories of gamblers in morning (Mahabharata), of
women in day (Ramayana), and of a thieves at night(Gita by Shri Krishna).
When it comes about worship then one must offer garland made
by himself, sandalwood paste rubbed by his own hands, and singing a self crated
songs. (Moral is that worship is a personal matter and there
is no point in involving a priest in it)
A
cane, fool, oilseed, gold, land, woman, pann, and sandalwood become better and
better with rubdowns. (discretion is advised) [others will not complain, but
some lady might object. Here, by woman Chanakya points towards the quality of a
woman to adjust & adapt. ]
Poverty can easily be dealt with patience. Even ordinary clothes
appear nice if clean. Food can be consumed if hot and fresh no matter if not
tasty. Similarly a good character is of great significance despite the
lack of physical beauty.
Here, comes the end of chapter nine of Chanakya Niti. Hope you
liked the concepts included in it. I am waiting for
your precious feedback on Chanakya Niti quotes stated above.
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