Chanakya Neeti. Chapter 16, Verse 5: On the Excellent and the Wicked

Chapter 16 · Verse 5

On the Excellent and the Wicked

न निर्मितो न चैव न दृष्टपूर्वो न श्रूयते हेममयः कुरंगः । तथाऽपि तृष्णा रघुनन्दनस्य विनाशकाले विपरीतबुद्धिः ॥

na nirmito na caiva na dṛṣṭapūrvo na śrūyate hemamayaḥ kuraṃgaḥ | tathā'pi tṛṣṇā raghunandanasya vināśakāle viparītabuddhiḥ ||

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“He who works only for himself lives a small life; he who works for his family lives a mode…”