Chanakya Neeti Chapter 4 Lyrics In English
ayuh karma cha vittam cha vidya nidhanameva cha ।
panchaitani hi srjyante garbhasthasyaiva dehinah ॥ 01 ॥
sadhubhyaste nivartante putramitrani bandhavah ।
ye cha taih saha gantarastaddharmatsukrtam kulam ॥ 02 ॥
darsanadhyanasamsparsairmatsi kurmi cha paksini ।
sisum palayate nityam tatha sajjana-sangatih ॥ 03 ॥
yavatsvastho hyayam deho yavanmrtyuscha duratah ।
tavadatmahitam kuryatpranante kim karisyati ॥ 04 ॥
kamadhenuguna vidya hyakale phaladayini ।
pravase matrsadrsi vidya guptam dhanam smrtam ॥ 05 ॥
eko’pi gunavanputro nirgunena satena kim ।
ekaschandrastamo hanti na cha tarah sahasrasah ॥ 06 ॥
murkhaschirayurjato’pi tasmajjatamrto varah ।
mrtah sa chalpaduhkhaya yavajjivam jaḍo dahet ॥ 07 ॥
kugramavasah kulahinaseva
kubhojanam krodhamukhi cha bharya ।
putrascha murkho vidhava cha kanya
vinagnina saṭpradahanti kayam ॥ 08 ॥
kim taya kriyate dhenva ya na dogdhri na garbhini ।
ko’rthah putrena jatena yo na vidvan na bhaktiman ॥ 09 ॥
samsaratapadagdhanam trayo visrantihetavah ।
apatyam cha kalatram cha satam sangatireva cha ॥ 10 ॥
sakrjjalpanti rajanah sakrjjalpanti panḍitah ।
sakrtkanyah pradiyante trinyetani sakrtsakrt ॥ 11 ॥
ekakina tapo dvabhyam paṭhanam gayanam tribhih ।
chaturbhirgamanam ksetram panchabhirbahubhi ranah ॥ 12 ॥
sa bharya ya suchirdaksa sa bharya ya pativrata ।
sa bharya ya patiprita sa bharya satyavadini ॥ 13 ॥
aputrasya grham sunyam disah sunyastvabandhavah ।
murkhasya hrdayam sunyam sarvasunya daridrata ॥ 14 ॥
anabhyase visam sastramajirne bhojanam visam ।
daridrasya visam gosṭhi vrddhasya taruni visam ॥ 15 ॥
tyajeddharmam dayahinam vidyahinam gurum tyajet ।
tyajetkrodhamukhim bharyam nihsnehanbandhavamstyajet ॥ 16 ॥
adhva jara dehavatam parvatanam jalam jara ।
amaithunam jara strinam vastranamatapo jara ॥ 17 ॥
kah kalah kani mitrani ko desah kau vyayagamau ।
kaschaham ka cha me saktiriti chintyam muhurmuhuh ॥ 18 ॥
agnirdevo dvijatinam muninam hrdi daivatam ।
pratima svalpabuddhinam sarvatra samadarsinah ॥ 19 ॥
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