Chanakya Neeti Chapter 1 Lyrics In English
pranamya sirasa visnum trailokyadhipatim prabhum ।
nanasastroddhrtam vaksye rajanitisamuchchayam ॥ 01 ॥
adhityedam yathasastram naro janati sattamah ।
dharmopadesavikhyatam karyakaryam subhasubham ॥ 02 ॥
tadaham sampravaksyami lokanam hitakamyaya ।
yena vijñatamatrena sarvajñatvam prapadyate ॥ 03 ॥
mūrkhasisyopadesena dustastribharanena cha ।
duhkhitaih samprayogena pandito’pyavasidati ॥ 04 ॥
dusta bharya satham mitram bhrtyaschottaradayakah ।
sasarpe cha grhe vaso mrtyureva na samsayah ॥ 05 ॥
apadarthe dhanam rakseddaran rakseddhanairapi ।
atmanam satatam rakseddarairapi dhanairapi ॥ 06 ॥
apadarthe dhanam raksechChrimatam kuta apadah ।
kadachichchalate laksmih sañchito’pi vinasyati ॥ 07 ॥
yasmindese na sammano na vrttirna cha bandhavah ।
na cha vidyagamo’pyasti vasam tatra na karayet ॥ 08 ॥
dhanikah srotriyo raja nadi vaidyastu pañchamah ।
pañcha yatra na vidyante na tatra divasam vaset ॥ 09 ॥
lokayatra bhayam lajja daksinyam tyagasilata ।
pañcha yatra na vidyante na kuryattatra samsthitim ॥ 10 ॥
janiyatpresane bhrtyanbandhavan vyasanagame ।
mitram chapattikalesu bharyam cha vibhavaksaye ॥ 11 ॥
ature vyasane prapte durbhikse satrusaṅkate ।
rajadvare smasane cha yastisthati sa bandhavah ॥ 12 ॥
yo dhruvani parityajya adhruvam parisevate ।
dhruvani tasya nasyanti chadhruvam nastameva hi ॥ 13 ॥
varayetkulajam prajño virūpamapi kanyakam ।
rūpasilam na nichasya vivahah sadrse kule ॥ 14 ॥
nadinam sastrapaninannakhinam sarṅginam tatha ।
visvaso naiva kartavyah strisu rajakulesu cha ॥ 15 ॥
visadapyamrtam grahyamamedhyadapi kañchanam ।
amitradapi sadvrttam baladapi subhasitam ॥ 16 ॥
strinam dviguna aharo lajja chapi chaturguna ।
sahasam sadgunam chaiva kamaschastagunah smrtah ॥ 17 ॥
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