Chanakya Neeti. Chapter 12, Verse 7: On the Company of the Good

Chapter 12 · Verse 7

On the Company of the Good

सत्सङ्गाद्भवति हि साधुना खलानां साधूनां न हि खलसंगतः खलत्वम् । आमोदं कुसुमभवं मृदेव धत्ते मृद्गन्धं नहि कुसुमानि धारयन्ति ॥

satsaṅgādbhavati hi sādhunā khalānāṃ sādhūnāṃ na hi khalasaṃgataḥ khalatvam | āmodaṃ kusumabhavaṃ mṛdeva dhatte mṛdgandhaṃ nahi kusumāni dhārayanti ||

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“Bad people improve from the company of the good; the good are not corrupted by mixing with…”