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cāṇakya nīti - saptadaśo'dhyāyaḥ
Chanakya Niti - Saptadasho'dhyayah
Chanakya Latin
pustakapratyayādhītaṃ nādhītaṃ gurusannidhau |
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sabhāmadhye na śobhante jāragarbhā iva striyaḥ || 01 ||
kṛte pratikṛtiṃ kuryāddhiṃsane pratihiṃsanam |
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tatra doṣo na patati duṣṭe duṣṭaṃ samācaret || 02 ||
yaddūraṃ yaddurārādhyaṃ yacca dūre vyavasthitam |
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tatsarvaṃ tapasā sādhyaṃ tapo hi duratikramam || 03 ||
lobhaścedaguṇena kiṃ piśunatā yadyasti kiṃ pātakaiḥ
satyaṃ cettapasā ca kiṃ śuci mano yadyasti tīrthena kim |
saujanyaṃ yadi kiṃ guṇaiḥ sumahimā yadyasti kiṃ maṇḍanaiḥ
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sadvidyā yadi kiṃ dhanairapayaśo yadyasti kiṃ mṛtyunā || 04 ||
pitā ratnākaro yasya lakṣmīryasya sahodarā |
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śaṅkho bhikṣāṭanaṃ kuryānna dattamupatiṣṭhate || 05 ||
aśaktastu bhavetsādhu-rbrahmacārī vā nirdhanaḥ |
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vyādhito devabhaktaśca vṛddhā nārī pativratā || 06 ||
nā'nnodakasamaṃ dānaṃ na tithirdvādaśī samā |
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na gāyatryāḥ paro mantro na māturdaivataṃ param || 07 ||
takṣakasya viṣaṃ dante makṣikāyāstu mastake |
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vṛścikasya viṣaṃ pucche sarvāṅge durjane viṣam || 08 ||
patyurājñāṃ vinā nārī hyupoṣya vratacāriṇī |
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āyuṣyaṃ harate bhartuḥ sā nārī narakaṃ vrajet || 09 ||
na dānaiḥ śudhyate nārī nopavāsaśatairapi |
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na tīrthasevayā tadvadbhartuḥ padodakairyathā || 10 ||
pādaśeṣaṃ pītaśeṣaṃ sandhyāśeṣaṃ tathaiva ca |
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śvānamūtrasamaṃ toyaṃ pītvā cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret || 11 ||
dānena pāṇirna tu kaṅkaṇena
snānena śuddhirna tu candanena |
mānena tṛptirna tu bhojanena
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jñānena muktirna tu muṇḍanena || 12 ||
nāpitasya gṛhe kṣauraṃ pāṣāṇe gandhalepanam |
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ātmarūpaṃ jale paśyan śakrasyāpi śriyaṃ haret || 13 ||
sadyaḥ prajñāharā tuṇḍī sadyaḥ prajñākarī vacā |
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sadyaḥ śaktiharā nārī sadyaḥ śaktikaraṃ payaḥ || 14 ||
paropakaraṇaṃ yeṣāṃ jāgarti hṛdaye satām |
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naśyanti vipadasteṣāṃ sampadaḥ syuḥ pade pade || 15 ||
yadi rāmā yadi ca ramā yadi tanayo vinayaguṇopetaḥ |
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tanaye tanayotpattiḥ suravaranagare kimādhikyam || 16 ||
āhāranidrābhayamaithunāni
samāni caitāni nṛṇāṃ paśūnām |
jñānaṃ narāṇāmadhiko viśeṣo
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jñānena hīnāḥ paśubhiḥ samānāḥ || 17 ||
dānārthino madhukarā yadi karṇatālairdūrīkṛtāḥ
dūrīkṛtāḥ karivareṇa madāndhabuddhyā |
tasyaiva gaṇḍayugmamaṇḍanahānireṣā
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bhṛṅgāḥ punarvikacapadmavane vasanti || 18 ||
rājā veśyā yamaścāgnistaskaro bālayācakau |
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paraduḥkhaṃ na jānanti aṣṭamo grāmakaṇṭakaḥ || 19 ||
adhaḥ paśyasi kiṃ bāle patitaṃ tava kiṃ bhuvi |
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re re mūrkha na jānāsi gataṃ tāruṇyamauktikam || 20 ||
vyālāśrayāpi vikalāpi sakaṇṭakāpi
vakrāpi paṅkilabhavāpi durāsadāpi |
gandhena bandhurasi ketaki sarvajantā
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reko guṇaḥ khalu nihanti samastadoṣān || 21 ||