What good is a cow that neither gives milk nor conceives? Similarly, what is the value of the birth of a son if he becomes neither learned nor a pure devotee of the Lord?
ChanakyaA debt should be paid off till the last penny; An enemy should be destroyed without a trace
ChanakyaHe who shall practice these twenty virtues shall become invincible in all his undertakings.
ChanakyaThis sutura gives example about the purpose of relationship. A son of enemy who wants to uproot his own father, should be treated as friend and shold be protected. This may be called opportunism but is and should be necessary part of polity and statesmanship. Moreover, if a father is not aan upright man to have friendship with his sone can be a meritorious peson. So it is better to protecdt him.
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