Chanakya Neeti. Chapter 7, Verse 16: On Heaven in the Household

Chapter 7 · Verse 16

On Heaven in the Household

स्वर्गस्थितानामिह जीवलोके चत्वारि चिह्नानि वसन्ति देहे । दानप्रसंगो मधुरा च वाणी देवार्चनं ब्राह्मणतर्पणं च ॥

svargasthitānāmiha jīvaloke catvāri cihnāni vasanti dehe | dānaprasaṃgo madhurā ca vāṇī devārcanaṃ brāhmaṇatarpaṇaṃ ca ||

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“Four signs mark those who once lived in heaven and now walk this earth. A taste for giving…”