Chanakya Neeti. Chapter 16, Verse 4: On the Excellent and the Wicked
Chapter 16 · Verse 4
On the Excellent and the Wicked
कोऽर्थान्प्राप्य न गर्वितो विषयिणः कस्यापदोऽस्तं गताः स्त्रीभिः कस्य न खण्डितं भुवि मनः को नाम राजप्रियः । कः कालस्य न गोचरत्वमगमत् कोऽर्थी गतो गौरवं को वा दुर्जनदुर्गमेषु पतितः क्षेमेण यातः पथि ॥
ko'rthānprāpya na garvito viṣayiṇaḥ kasyāpado'staṃ gatāḥ strībhiḥ kasya na khaṇḍitaṃ bhuvi manaḥ ko nāma rājapriyaḥ | kaḥ kālasya na gocaratvamagamat ko'rthī gato gauravaṃ ko vā durjanadurgameṣu patitaḥ kṣemeṇa yātaḥ pathi ||
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“Who, on getting wealth, has not grown arrogant? Whose troubles, once a slave of pleasure,…”
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