Chanakya Neeti. Chapter 10, Verse 9: On Mortality and Urgency
Chapter 10 · Verse 9
On Mortality and Urgency
यस्य नास्ति स्वयं प्रज्ञा शास्त्रं तस्य करोति किम् । लोचनाभ्यां विहीनस्य दर्पणः किं करिष्यति ॥
yasya nāsti svayaṃ prajñā śāstraṃ tasya karoti kim | locanābhyāṃ vihīnasya darpaṇaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati ||
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“If a person has no judgment of their own, what can scripture do for them? A mirror is usel…”
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