Chanakya Neeti. Chapter 8, Verse 11: On Speech and Silence
Chapter 8 · Verse 11
On Speech and Silence
न देवो विद्यते काष्ठे न पाषाणे न मृण्मये । भावे हि विद्यते देवस्तस्माद्भावो हि कारणम् ॥
na devo vidyate kāṣṭhe na pāṣāṇe na mṛṇmaye | bhāve hi vidyate devastasmādbhāvo hi kāraṇam ||
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“God is not present in wood, in stone, in clay. God dwells in feeling. Therefore feeling is…”
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