Chanakya Neeti Chapter 5 Lyrics In English
gururagnirdvijatinam varnanam brahmano guruh ।
patireva guruh strinam sarvasyabhyagato guruh ॥ 01 ॥
yatha chaturbhih kanakam pariksyate
nigharsanachChedanatapatadanaih ।
tatha chaturbhih purusah pariksyate
tyagena silena gunena karmana ॥ 02 ॥
tavadbhayesu bhetavyam yavadbhayamanagatam ।
agatam tu bhayam viksya prahartavyamasankaya ॥ 03 ॥
ekodarasamudbhuta ekanaksatrajatakah ।
na bhavanti samah sile yatha badarakantakah ॥ 04 ॥
nihsprho nadhikari syan nakamo mandanapriyah ।
navidagdhah priyam bruyatspastavakta na vañchakah ॥ 05 ॥
murkhanam pandita dvesya adhananam mahadhanah ।
parangana kulastrinam subhaganam cha durbhagah ॥ 06 ॥
alasyopagata vidya parahastagatam dhanam ।
alpabijam hatam ksetram hatam sainyamanayakam ॥ 07 ॥
abhyasaddharyate vidya kulam silena dharyate ।
gunena jñayate tvaryah kopo netrena gamyate ॥ 08 ॥
vittena raksyate dharmo vidya yogena raksyate ।
mrduna raksyate bhupah satstriya raksyate grham ॥ 09 ॥
anyatha vedasastrani jñanapandityamanyatha ।
anyatha tatpadam santam lokah klisyanti chahnyatha ॥ 10 ॥
daridryanasanam danam silam durgatinasanam ।
ajñananasini prajña bhavana bhayanasini ॥ 11 ॥
nasti kamasamo vyadhirnasti mohasamo ripuh ।
nasti kopasamo vahnirnasti jñanatparam sukham ॥ 12 ॥
janmamrtyu hi yatyeko bhunaktyekah subhasubham ।
narakesu patatyeka eko yati param gatim ॥ 13 ॥
trnam brahmavidah svargastrnam surasya jivitam ।
jitasasya trnam nari nihsprhasya trnam jagat ॥ 14 ॥
vidya mitram pravase cha bharya mitram grhesu cha ।
vyadhitasyausadham mitram dharmo mitram mrtasya cha ॥ 15 ॥
vrtha vrstih samudresu vrtha trptasya bhojanam ।
vrtha danam samarthasya vrtha dipo divapi cha ॥ 16 ॥
nasti meghasamam toyam nasti chatmasamam balam ।
nasti chaksuhsamam tejo nasti dhanyasamam priyam ॥ 17 ॥
adhana dhanamichChanti vacham chaiva chatuspadah ।
manavah svargamichChanti moksamichChanti devatah ॥ 18 ॥
satyena dharyate prthvi satyena tapate ravih ।
satyena vati vayuscha sarvam satye pratisthitam ॥ 19 ॥
chala laksmischalah pranaschale jivitamandire ।
chalachale cha samsare dharma eko hi nischalah ॥ 20 ॥
naranam napito dhurtah paksinam chaiva vayasah ।
chatuspadam sargalastu strinam dhurta cha malini ॥ 21 ॥
janita chopaneta cha yastu vidyam prayachChati ।
annadata bhayatrata pañchaite pitarah smrtah ॥ 22 ॥
rajapatni guroh patni mitrapatni tathaiva cha ।
patnimata svamata cha pañchaita matarah smrtah ॥ 23 ॥
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