Chanakya Neeti. Chapter 12, Verse 6: On the Company of the Good

Chapter 12 · Verse 6

On the Company of the Good

पत्रं नैव यदा करीलविटपे दोषो वसन्तस्य किं नोलूकोऽप्यवलोकते यदि दिवा सूर्यस्य किं दूषणम् । वर्षा नैव पतन्ति चातकमुखे मेघस्य किं दूषणं यत्पूर्वं विधिना ललाटलिखितं तन्मार्जितुं कः क्षमः ॥

patraṃ naiva yadā karīlaviṭape doṣo vasantasya kiṃ nolūko'pyavalokate yadi divā sūryasya kiṃ dūṣaṇam | varṣā naiva patanti cātakamukhe meghasya kiṃ dūṣaṇaṃ yatpūrvaṃ vidhinā lalāṭalikhitaṃ tanmārjituṃ kaḥ kṣamaḥ ||

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“If the karira tree has no leaves, what fault is it of spring? If the owl cannot see by day…”