Chanakya Neeti. Chapter 10, Verse 15: On Mortality and Urgency

Chapter 10 · Verse 15

On Mortality and Urgency

एकवृक्षसमारूढा नानावर्णा विहङ्गमाः । प्रभाते दिक्षु दशसु यान्ति का तत्र वेदना ॥

ekavṛkṣasamārūḍhā nānāvarṇā vihaṅgamāḥ | prabhāte dikṣu daśasu yānti kā tatra vedanā ||

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Birds of many colours sit together on a single tree at night. By dawn they scatter to the
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