In trans-border relations, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies or even permanent borders. There are only permanent interests and everything should be done to secure these interests.
ChanakyaOur bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit.
ChanakyaThe fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.
ChanakyaThe one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.
ChanakyaAs long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?
ChanakyaWe should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.
ChanakyaUnion in privacy (with one's wife); boldness; storing away useful items; watchfulness; and not easily trusting others; these five things are to be learned from a crow.
ChanakyaHe who gives up shyness in monetary dealings, in acquiring knowledge, in eating and in business, becomes happy.
ChanakyaThere is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly and in the sting of a scorpion; but the wicked man is saturated with it.
ChanakyaDo not pass between two brahmanas, between a brahmana and his sacrificial fire, between a wife and her husband, a master and his servant, and a plough and an ox.
ChanakyaPunishment when awarded with due consideration, makes the people devoted to righteousness and to works productive of wealth and enjoyment.
ChanakyaSinfully acquired wealth may remain for ten years; in the eleventh year it disappears with even the original stock.
ChanakyaWhen one is consumed by the sorrows of life, three things give him relief: offspring, a wife, and the company of the Lord's devotees.
ChanakyaA father who is a chronic debtor, an adulterous mother, a beautiful wife, and an unlearned son are enemies in one's own home.
ChanakyaDon't judge the future of a person based on his present conditions, becausetime has the power to change black coal to shiny diamond.
ChanakyaA wise man should marry a virgin of a respectable family even if she is deformed. He should not marry one of a low-class family, through beauty. Marriage in a family of equal status is preferable.
ChanakyaLearning is like a cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons. Like a mother, it feeds you on your journey. Therefore learning is a hidden treasure.
ChanakyaWicked ones are like fire. Even if pu on hea, they burn only. They do not leave unhurt even their well - wishers and benefactors.
ChanakyaSwans live wherever there is water, and leave the place where water dries up; let not a man act so - and comes and goes as he pleases.
ChanakyaPurity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.
ChanakyaA learned man is honoured by the people.A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honoured everywhere.
ChanakyaRain which falls upon the sea is useless; so is food for one who is satiated; in vain is a gift for one who is wealthy; and a burning lamp during the daytime is useless.
ChanakyaWhores don’t live in company of poor men, citizens never support a weak company and birds don’t build nests on a tree that doesn’t bear fruits.
ChanakyaWealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained; but this body when lost may never be acquired again.
ChanakyaGenerosity, pleasing address, courage and propriety of conduct are not acquired, but are inbred qualities.
ChanakyaHe who wears unclean garments, has dirty teeth, is a glutton, speaks unkindly and sleeps after sunrise - although he may be the greatest personality - will lose the favour of Lakshmi.
ChanakyaThe power of a king lies in his mighty arms; that of a brahmana in his spiritual knowledge; and that of a woman in her beauty youth and sweet words.
ChanakyaOnce you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.
ChanakyaHe who loses his money is forsaken by his friends, his wife, his servants and his relations; yet when he regains his riches those who have forsaken him come back to him. Hence wealth is certainly the best of relations.
ChanakyaLet not a single day pass without your learning a verse, half a verse, or a fourth of it, or even one letter of it; nor without attending to charity, study and other pious activity.
ChanakyaHe who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.
ChanakyaLow minded people are fraudulent, wicked and chaeat. They shouldnot be trusted. To h ave faith in low minded ones is mistake in policy and useless because they are not trustworthy. An administrator should not invited calamity by trusting the low minded ones.
ChanakyaNo deliberation made by a single person will be successful; the nature of the work which a sovereign has to do is to be inferred from the consideration of both the visible and invisible causes. The clearance of doubts as to whatever is susceptible of two opinions, and the inference of the whole when only a part is seen is possible of decision only by ministers. Hence the king shall sit at deliberation with persons of wide intellect.
ChanakyaDo not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
ChanakyaAs a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.
ChanakyaKnowledge is lost without putting it into practice; a man is lost due to ignorance; an army is lost without a commander; and a woman is lost without a husband.
ChanakyaWho realises all the happiness he desires? Everything is in the hands of God. Therefore one should learn contentment.
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