Chanakya Neeti. Chapter 17, Verse 5: Closing Reflections
Chapter 17 · Verse 5
Closing Reflections
पिता रत्नाकरो यस्य लक्ष्मीर्यस्य सहोदरा । शङ्खो भिक्षाटनं कुर्यान्न दत्तमुपतिष्ठते ॥
pitā ratnākaro yasya lakṣmīryasya sahodarā | śaṅkho bhikṣāṭanaṃ kuryānna dattamupatiṣṭhate ||
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“Whose father is the ocean (Ratnākara), whose sister is Lakshmi. Yet the conch must still g…”
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