Chanakya Neeti Quotes from
chapter 15 . Have a look upon them.
A man who has mercy and
compassion for all creatures is religious for sure. He does not require any
religious symbol or sign to prove his religiousness.
A guru who shows his disciple
the path of righteousness leaves a huge debt. It cannot be payed back as none
of the physical objects is so precious.
There are two ways to
deal with wicked people and thorns. One is to crush them under your boot and
other is to stay away from them.
One who wears dirty clothes,
has filthy teeth, oversleeps, and uses foul language. Such person cannot gain
prosperity and good health.
When a person looses
money. then his woman, friends, servants, and relatives also move away. Upon
regaining money they will try to come back. This means that money is your
ultimate relative in this physical world.
The wealth earned by unjust
means will perish for sure.
A wrong act done by a
person with power is hailed and many times is justified. On the other
hand, a good task done by a poor might not grab that much attention.
Even if a gem be placed on foot
and a mirror on head,. Still, the gem will not loose its value.
The knowledge in holy
scriptures is like a huge sea. For a man with busy like it will not be possible
to read and understand everything. He must act like a swan i.e. attain what is
useful and leave the rest.
If a man neglects a hungry
and tired traveler that came to him in hope for some food
and himself begins eating. Surely, such person is a charlatan.
If a
man recites religious scriptures without bothering to
understand the ideas being stated. Such person is not better than a ladle
that is dipped in all kinds of food, but is unable to taste even one.
Frequent visitors
loose respect. For example: Moon appears so bright until it enters home of
Sun (on daily basis) .
Greed is the root
cause of troubles. A black bee enjoys nectar from a lotus flower, but
in search of more it goes to forests and
paddy fields where it gets hurt from thorns
of different flowers.
The bond of love is supreme
and has a very significant impact on life of a person. A
black bee can drill hole in hard wood, but gets trapped in lotus flower. It can
get its freedom quite easily, but it hesitates to hurt the
flower.
The fragrance of
sandalwood remains even upon chopping it, a bull-elephant does not stops
mating even in old age, and sugarcane tastes sweet even upon being crushed.
Such is the nature of a high-class men that remains unchanged even in
poverty.
* A few verses
have been ignored to match modern context. The lines above focus on meaning
than simple translation.
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