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cāṇakya nīti - daśamo'dhyāyaḥ
Chanakya Niti - Dashamo'dhyayah
Chanakya Latin
dhanahīno na hīnaśca dhanikaḥ sa suniścayaḥ |
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vidyāratnena hīno yaḥ sa hīnaḥ sarvavastuṣu || 01 ||
dṛṣṭipūtaṃ nyasetpādaṃ vastrapūtaṃ pibejjalam |
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śāstrapūtaṃ vadedvākyaḥ manaḥpūtaṃ samācaret || 02 ||
sukhārthī cettyajedvidyāṃ vidyārthī cettyajetsukham |
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sukhārthinaḥ kuto vidyā sukhaṃ vidyārthinaḥ kutaḥ || 03 ||
kavayaḥ kiṃ na paśyanti kiṃ na bhakṣanti vāyasāḥ |
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madyapāḥ kiṃ na jalpanti kiṃ na kurvanti yoṣitaḥ || 04 ||
raṅkaṃ karoti rājānaṃ rājānaṃ raṅkameva ca |
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dhaninaṃ nirdhanaṃ caiva nirdhanaṃ dhaninaṃ vidhiḥ || 05 ||
lubdhānāṃ yācakaḥ śatrurmūrkhānāṃ bodhako ripuḥ |
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jārastrīṇāṃ patiḥ śatruścaurāṇāṃ candramā ripuḥ || 06 ||
yeṣāṃ na vidyā na tapo na dānaṃ
jñānaṃ na śīlāṃ na guṇo na dharmaḥ |
te martyaloke bhuvi bhārabhūtā
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manuṣyarūpeṇa mṛgāścaranti || 07 ||
antaḥsāravihīnānāmupadeśo na jāyate |
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malayācalasaṃsargānna veṇuścandanāyate || 08 ||
yasya nāsti svayaṃ prajñā śāstraṃ tasya karoti kim |
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locanābhyāṃ vihīnasya darpaṇaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati || 09 ||
durjanaṃ sajjanaṃ kartumupāyo nahi bhūtale |
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apānaṃ śātadhā dhautaṃ na śreṣṭhamindriyaṃ bhavet || 10 ||
āptadveṣādbhavenmṛtyuḥ paradveṣāddhanakṣayaḥ |
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rājadveṣādbhavennāśo brahmadveṣātkulakṣayaḥ || 11 ||
varaṃ vanaṃ vyāghragajendrasevitaṃ
drumālayaṃ patraphalāmbusevanam |
tṛṇeṣu śayyā śatajīrṇavalkalaṃ
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na bandhumadhye dhanahīnajīvanam || 12 ||
vipro vṛkṣastasya mūlaṃ ca sandhyā
vedaḥ śākhā dharmakarmāṇi patram |
tasmānmūlaṃ yatnato rakṣaṇīyaṃ
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chinne mūle naiva śākhā na patram || 13 ||
mātā ca kamalā devī pitā devo janārdanaḥ |
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bāndhavā viṣṇubhaktāśca svadeśo bhuvanatrayam || 14 ||
ekavṛkṣasamārūḍhā nānāvarṇā vihaṅgamāḥ |
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prabhāte dikṣu daśasu yānti kā tatra vedanā || 15 ||
buddhiryasya balaṃ tasya nirbuddheśca kuto balam |
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vane siṃho yadonmattaḥ maśakena nipātitaḥ || 16 ||
kā cintā mama jīvane yadi harirviśvambharo gīyate
no cedarbhakajīvanāya jananīstanyaṃ kathaṃ nirmame |
ityālocya muhurmuhuryadupate lakṣmīpate kevalaṃ
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tvatpādāmbujasevanena satataṃ kālo mayā nīyate || 17 ||
gīrvāṇavāṇīṣu viśiṣṭabuddhi-
stathāpi bhāṣāntaralolupo'ham |
yathā sudhāyāmamareṣu satyāṃ
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svargāṅganānāmadharāsave ruciḥ || 18 ||
annāddaśaguṇaṃ piṣṭaṃ piṣṭāddaśaguṇaṃ payaḥ |
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payaso'ṣṭaguṇaṃ māṃsāṃ māṃsāddaśaguṇaṃ ghṛtam || 19 ||
śokena rogā vardhante payasā vardhate tanuḥ |
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ghṛtena vardhate vīryaṃ māṃsānmāṃsaṃ pravardhate || 20 ||