Chanakya Neeti. Chapter 8, Verse 3: On Speech and Silence
Chapter 8 · Verse 3
On Speech and Silence
दीपो भक्षयते ध्वान्तं कज्जलं च प्रसूयते । यदन्नं भक्षयते नित्यं जायते तादृशी प्रजा ॥
dīpo bhakṣayate dhvāntaṃ kajjalaṃ ca prasūyate | yadannaṃ bhakṣayate nityaṃ jāyate tādṛśī prajā ||
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“A lamp consumes darkness and produces soot. What food one eats daily, such will be the off…”
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