Chanakya Neeti. Chapter 10, Verse 4: On Mortality and Urgency
Chapter 10 · Verse 4
On Mortality and Urgency
कवयः किं न पश्यन्ति किं न भक्षन्ति वायसाः । मद्यपाः किं न जल्पन्ति किं न कुर्वन्ति योषितः ॥
kavayaḥ kiṃ na paśyanti kiṃ na bhakṣanti vāyasāḥ | madyapāḥ kiṃ na jalpanti kiṃ na kurvanti yoṣitaḥ ||
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“What do poets fail to see, what do crows fail to eat, what do drunkards fail to babble, wh…”
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