Chanakya Neeti. Chapter 17, Verse 19: Closing Reflections
Chapter 17 · Verse 19
Closing Reflections
राजा वेश्या यमश्चाग्निस्तस्करो बालयाचकौ । परदुःखं न जानन्ति अष्टमो ग्रामकण्टकः ॥
rājā veśyā yamaścāgnistaskaro bālayācakau | paraduḥkhaṃ na jānanti aṣṭamo grāmakaṇṭakaḥ ||
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“The king, the courtesan, Yama, fire, the thief, the child, the beggar. These do not know a…”
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