Chanakya Neeti. Chapter 10, Verse 7: On Mortality and Urgency

Chapter 10 · Verse 7

On Mortality and Urgency

येषां न विद्या न तपो न दानं ज्ञानं न शीलां न गुणो न धर्मः । ते मर्त्यलोके भुवि भारभूता मनुष्यरूपेण मृगाश्चरन्ति ॥

yeṣāṃ na vidyā na tapo na dānaṃ jñānaṃ na śīlāṃ na guṇo na dharmaḥ | te martyaloke bhuvi bhārabhūtā manuṣyarūpeṇa mṛgāścaranti ||

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“Those who have no learning, no austerity, no giving, no knowledge, no character, no virtue…”