Chanakya Neeti. Chapter 12, Verse 9: On the Company of the Good

Chapter 12 · Verse 9

On the Company of the Good

विप्रास्मिन्नगरे महान्कथय कस्तालद्रुमाणां गणः को दाता रजको ददाति वसनं प्रातर्गृहीत्वा निशि । को दक्षः परवित्तदारहरणे सर्वोऽपि दक्षो जनः कस्माज्जीवसि हे सखे विषकृमिन्यायेन जीवाम्यहम् ॥

viprāsminnagare mahānkathaya kastāladrumāṇāṃ gaṇaḥ ko dātā rajako dadāti vasanaṃ prātargṛhītvā niśi | ko dakṣaḥ paravittadāraharaṇe sarvo'pi dakṣo janaḥ kasmājjīvasi he sakhe viṣakṛminyāyena jīvāmyaham ||

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“'Brahmin, tell me, who is great in this town?' 'A grove of palm trees.' 'Who is a giver?'…”