Chanakya Neeti. Chapter 11, Verse 18: On True Excellence

Chapter 11 · Verse 18

On True Excellence

देयं भोज्यधनं धनं सुकृतिभिर्नो सञ्चयस्तस्य वै श्रीकर्णस्य बलेश्च विक्रमपतेरद्यापि कीर्तिः स्थिता । अस्माकं मधुदानभोगरहितं नाथं चिरात्संचितं निर्वाणादिति नैजपादयुगलं धर्षन्त्यहो मक्षिकाः ॥

deyaṃ bhojyadhanaṃ dhanaṃ sukṛtibhirno sañcayastasya vai śrīkarṇasya baleśca vikramapateradyāpi kīrtiḥ sthitā | asmākaṃ madhudānabhogarahitaṃ nāthaṃ cirātsaṃcitaṃ nirvāṇāditi naijapādayugalaṃ dharṣantyaho makṣikāḥ ||

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Wealth that gives food and shelter should be given away. Good people do not hoard it. The
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