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ਚਾਣਕ੍ਯ ਨੀਤਿ - ਦਸ਼ਮੋਧ੍ਯਾਯਃ ਧਨਹੀਨੋ ਨ ਹੀਨਸ਼੍ਚ ਧਨਿਕਃ ਸ ਸੁਨਿਸ਼੍ਚਯਃ । One destitute of wealth is not destitute, he is indeed rich (if he is learned); but the man devoid of learning is destitute in every way. ਦ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਸ਼੍ਟਿਪੂਤਂ ਨ੍ਯਸੇਤ੍ਪਾਦਂ ਵਸ੍ਤ੍ਰਪੂਤਂ ਪਿਬੇਜ੍ਜਲਮ੍ । We should carefully scrutinise that place upon which we step (having it ascertained to be free from filth and living creatures like insects, etc.); we should drink water which has been filtered (through a clean cloth); we should speak only those words which have the sanction of the satras; and do that act which we have carefully considered. ਸੁਖਾਰ੍ਥੀ ਚੇਤ੍ਤ੍ਯਜੇਦ੍ਵਿਦ੍ਯਾਂ ਵਿਦ੍ਯਾਰ੍ਥੀ ਚੇਤ੍ਤ੍ਯਜੇਤ੍ਸੁਖਮ੍ । He who desires sense gratification must give up all thoughts of acquiring knowledge; and he who seeks knowledge must not hope for sense gratification. How can he who seeks sense gratification acquire knowledge, and he who possesses knowledge enjoy mundane sense pleasure? ਕਵਯਃ ਕਿਂ ਨ ਪਸ਼੍ਯਂਤਿ ਕਿਂ ਨ ਭਕ੍ਸ਼ਂਤਿ ਵਾਯਸਾਃ । What is it that escapes the observation of poets? What is that act women are incapable of doing? What will drunken people not prate? What will not a crow eat? ਰਂਕਂ ਕਰੋਤਿ ਰਾਜਾਨਂ ਰਾਜਾਨਂ ਰਂਕਮੇਵ ਚ । Fate makes a beggar a king and a king a beggar. He makes a rich man poor and a poor man rich. ਲੁਬ੍ਧਾਨਾਂ ਯਾਚਕਃ ਸ਼ਤ੍ਰੁਰ੍ਮੂਰ੍ਖਾਨਾਂ ਬੋਧਕੋ ਰਿਪੁਃ । The beggar is a miser's enemy; the wise counsellor is the fool's enemy; her husband is an adulterous wife's enemy; and the moon is the enemy of the thief. ਯੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਨ ਵਿਦ੍ਯਾ ਨ ਤਪੋ ਨ ਦਾਨਂ Those who are destitute of learning, penance, knowledge, good disposition, virtue and benevolence are brutes wandering the earth in the form of men. They are burdensome to the earth. ਅਂਤਃਸਾਰਵਿਹੀਨਾਨਾਮੁਪਦੇਸ਼ੋ ਨ ਜਾਯਤੇ । Those that are empty-minded cannot be benefited by instruction. Bamboo does not acquire the quality of sandalwood by being associated with the Malaya Mountain. ਯਸ੍ਯ ਨਾਸ੍ਤਿ ਸ੍ਵਯਂ ਪ੍ਰਜ੍ਞਾ ਸ਼ਾਸ੍ਤ੍ਰਂ ਤਸ੍ਯ ਕਰੋਤਿ ਕਿਮ੍ । What good can the scriptures do to a man who has no sense of his own? Of what use is as mirror to a blind man? ਦੁਰ੍ਜਨਂ ਸਜ੍ਜਨਂ ਕਰ੍ਤੁਮੁਪਾਯੋ ਨਹਿ ਭੂਤਲੇ । Nothing can reform a bad man, just as the posterious cannot become a superior part of the body though washed one hundred times. ਆਪ੍ਤਦ੍ਵੇਸ਼ਾਦ੍ਭਵੇਨ੍ਮ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਯੁਃ ਪਰਦ੍ਵੇਸ਼ਾਦ੍ਧਨਕ੍ਸ਼ਯਃ । By offending a kinsman, life is lost; by offending others, wealth is lost; by offending the king, everything is lost; and by offending a brahmana one's whole family is ruined. ਵਰਂ ਵਨਂ ਵ੍ਯਾਘ੍ਰਗਜੇਂਦ੍ਰਸੇਵਿਤਂ It is better to live under a tree in a jungle inhabited by tigers and elephants, to maintain oneself in such a place with ripe fruits and spring water, to lie down on grass and to wear the ragged barks of trees than to live amongst one's relations when reduced to poverty. ਵਿਪ੍ਰੋ ਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਕ੍ਸ਼ਸ੍ਤਸ੍ਯ ਮੂਲਂ ਚ ਸਂਧ੍ਯਾ The ਬ੍ਰਾਹ੍ਮਣ is like tree; his prayers are the roots, his chanting of the Vedas are the branches, and his religious act are the leaves. Consequently effort should be made to preserve his roots for if the roots are destroyed there can be no branches or leaves. ਮਾਤਾ ਚ ਕਮਲਾ ਦੇਵੀ ਪਿਤਾ ਦੇਵੋ ਜਨਾਰ੍ਦਨਃ । My mother is ਕਮਲਾ ਦੇਵੀ (ਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮੀ), my father is Lord ਜਨਾਰ੍ਦਨ (ਵਿਸ਼੍ਣੁ), my kinsmen are the devotees of ਵਿਸ਼੍ਣੁ and, my homeland is all the three worlds. ਏਕਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਕ੍ਸ਼ਸਮਾਰੂਢਾ ਨਾਨਾਵਰ੍ਣਾ ਵਿਹਂਗਮਾਃ । (Through the night) a great many kinds of birds perch(Sit and rest) on a tree but in the morning they fly in all the ten directions. Why should we lament (Expression of sorrow) for that? (Similarly, we should not grieve when we must inevitably part company from our dear ones). ਬੁਦ੍ਧਿਰ੍ਯਸ੍ਯ ਬਲਂ ਤਸ੍ਯ ਨਿਰ੍ਬੁਦ੍ਧੇਸ਼੍ਚ ਕੁਤੋ ਬਲਮ੍ । He who possesses intelligence is strong; how can the man that is unintelligent be powerful? The elephant of the forest having lost his senses by intoxication was tricked into a lake by a small rabbit. (this verse refers to a famous story from the niti-sastra called ਪਂਚਤਂਤ੍ਰ compiled by the pandit ਵਿਸ਼੍ਣੁਸ਼ਰ੍ਮ). ਕਾ ਚਿਂਤਾ ਮਮ ਜੀਵਨੇ ਯਦਿ ਹਰਿਰ੍ਵਿਸ਼੍ਵਂਭਰੋ ਗੀਯਤੇ Why should I be concerned for my maintenance while absorbed in praising the glories of Lord ਵਿਸ਼੍ਵਂਭਰ (ਵਿਸ਼੍ਣੁ), the supporter of all. Without the grace of Lord Hari, how could milk flow from a mother's breast for a child's nourishment? Repeatedly thinking only in this way, O Lord of the Yadavas, O husband of ਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮੀ, all my time is spent in serving Your lotus feet. ਗੀਰ੍ਵਾਣਵਾਣੀਸ਼ੁ ਵਿਸ਼ਿਸ਼੍ਟਬੁਦ੍ਧਿ- ਅਨ੍ਨਾਦ੍ਦਸ਼ਗੁਣਂ ਪਿਸ਼੍ਟਂ ਪਿਸ਼੍ਟਾਦ੍ਦਸ਼ਗੁਣਂ ਪਯਃ । Flour has ten times the essence than rice. Milk has ten times the essence than flour. Meat has ten times essence than milk. Ghee has ten times the essence than meat. ਸ਼ੋਕੇਨ ਰੋਗਾ ਵਰ੍ਧਂਤੇ ਪਯਸਾ ਵਰ੍ਧਤੇ ਤਨੁਃ । Sickness increases through worries, body becomes healthier through milk, virility and energy increases through ghee, meat becomes stronger through meat (by consuming meat, meat may become stronger, but the full body becomes healthier only through eating vegetables).
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