CHANAKYA NITISHASTRA – CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

1. The scholar cannot shine without the blessings of genuine spiritual master even though, he has acquired knowledge by studying innumerable books. This scholar can be compared to an illegitimate child who is not honored in a society.

2. We should do acts of kindness to repay the favors of others in a same coin. We should return evil for evil in which there is no sin, for it is necessary to pay a clever man in his own coin.

3. The thing that appears to be impossible can be attained by religious austerity as nothing can surpass austerity.

4. Greediness is considered as worst vice. Defaming the other person is considered as worst sin. The person who has a clean heart does not need to go for pilgrimage. If one has a good nature than there is no need of other virtues. If the person has a fame than there is no need of other ornamentation. There is no need of the wealth for the person of practical knowledge. And if a person is dishonored, it is considered worse than the death.

5. The sea is considered as reservoir of all jewels and the father of the conch shell, and the Goddess Lakshmi is considered as conch’s sister. Still the beggars carry conch for begging alms from door to door for alms. It is thus true, what the person is doing is important than the status of hid parents or siblings.

6. The man who is powerless became saint, one without wealth needs to lead the life of celibacy.

7. There is poison in the fang of the snake, in the mouth of the fly and in the sting of a scorpion but the wicked person is completely saturated with the poison.

8.  The woman should take the permission from her husband for keeping fast or practicing any rituals, otherwise it can shorten her husband’s life, and she goes to hell.

9. A woman does not become pious by offering charity, by observing fasts, or by drinking sacred water, as by drinking the water used to wash her husband’s feet... Read More

CHANAKYA NITISHASTRA – CHAPTER SIXTEEN

1. The heart of a woman is divided. She can talk with one man, look lustfully at another and thinks of the third person at a same time.

2. The fool who dream that a beautiful young lady loves him becomes her slave and dances like a shakunta bird tied to a string.

3. Who is there in the world who after becoming rich is not proudy?  There is no immoral person in the world that can put an end to his calamities. There is no man in the world who has not been overwhelmed by a woman. There is no one in the world who has not been overcome by the ravages of time. There is no beggar in the world, who has not attained the glory. No one can become happy by contracting the vices of the wicked.

4. A man attains fame by his merits, not simply by occupying a high official seat. Can we call a crow an eagle (garuda) simply because he sits on the top of a tall building?

5. The person is regarded as praiseworthy, even though he may not possess any merit.  However, the man who sings his own praises lowers his value in front of others even though he is Indra (the possessor of all excellences) himself.

6. If a man with patience shows the good qualities than the brilliance of his qualities will be recognized as a gem, which is bright and shines when fixed in an ornament of gold.

7.  The man with the good qualities cannot prove himself unless and until he has support. It is same way gem get recognition of its shine when it is studded in the gold ornaments.

8. One should not deserve that wealth which is attained by transgressing the rules of virtue, or by flattering an enemy.

9. Those who were not satisfied with the enjoyment of wealth, food and women have all passed away; now also they are passing away, and in the future also, they will pass away unsatisfied.

10. All charities and sacrifices performed for the positive gain bring only temporary results, but the charities made to the needy persons shall never perish.

11. A grass blade is light, cotton is lighter than it, and the beggar is lightest of all the three. The wind can carry grass blade, cotton but does not carry the beggar along with it.  Because, the wind fears that he may ask alms from him.

12. One should die than to live its life by incurring disgrace every day. The loss of life causes grief that lightens up with time, but disgrace brings grief that is equivalent to the feeling of death each day.

13. All the living beings are pleased by sweet words and therefore we should speak sweet words that are pleasing to all... Read More

CHANAKYA NITISHASTRA – CHAPTER FIFTEEN

1. The people who has compassion in their heart, need not require to have knowledge, matted hair on the head, liberation, and smearing the body with ashes.

2. There is no treasure available on the earth that will cancel the debt of the disciple towards his teacher for having taught him even a single letter.

3. If you want to get rid of thorns you can use footwear and to get rid from wicked people, you can shame them so that they cannot raise their faces again and thus keep them at a distance.

4. Although the person who has dirty teeth, wears dirty clothes, speaks unkind words may be the greatest personality but soon will lose the blessings of Goddess Lakshmi.

5. The importance of wealth is such that if man loses it than he is forsaken by his friends, his wife, his servants and his relations. When he regains it then those who have forsaken him return him. Hence wealth can certainly create and retain best of relations.

6. He acquired wealth may remain for ten years; in the eleventh year it disappears with even the original stock.

7. If the person acquired wealth sinfully for ten years; in the eleventh year it disappears with even the original stock of money.

8. Nobody say anything wrong to a great men if they commit any bad action. If a low-class man perform any good action comes to be condemned.

9. A meal that remain after it is given to Brahman is considered a true meal. Love which is cherished for one's own self is not the true love rather the love that is shown to others is true love. The true wisdom is to help us to abstain from the sin. Act of charity is best that is performed without any display.

10. The person who does not understand the value of precious jewels & let the precious jewels lie in their feet & wear bits of glasses on their head. But remember. This act does not decrease the value of the gems and increase the value of the bits of glasses... Read More

CHANAKYA NITISHASTRA – CHAPTER FOURTEEN

1. Any person is suffering from poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment, is just because of the result of its own sins.

2. One can regain wealth, friend, and a kingdom but if a body is lost than it can never be acquired again.

3. Collective grass can wards off erosion caused by heavy rainfall, same way enemies can be overcome by the union of large numbers.

4. Oil on water, the secret to a shrewd, gift to a needy receiver and scriptural instructions given to intelligent men spread out as its nature.

5. One could not attain liberation when one retain the same state of mind as before while hearing religious instructions in crematorium ground, and when in sickness.

6. If a person feels the same way before and after the repentance than how it can attain the perfection.

7. One who don’t feel pride in doing following things such as charity, self- control, bravery, scriptural knowledge, politeness, and morality are the rarest gems.

8.  It is quite possible that the person who is far away from us might remain in our mind, and the person who is very near to us might not remain in our heart.

9. One should speak sweetly to the person who is granting favor to him or her. The situation can be the same as the hunter sings sweetly when he desires to shoot a deer.

10. We can ruin ourselves if we are befriended with the king, fire, the religious preceptor, and a woman. But, if we are indifferent to king, fire, the religious preceptor, and a woman than we are depriving ourselves of getting a benefit of the association.

11. We should always take precaution while dealing with fire, water, women, foolish people, serpents, and members of a royal family as they may bring death to us.

12. The person who is virtuous and pious is considered as living, but the life of a person is considered as void of blessings who is destitute of religion and virtues.

13. One can gain control of the world by performing one single deed than one has to keep five sense organs ( eyes, ears, nose, tongue and skin) and five senses ( sound, smell, taste, touch and see); and five bodyparts (hands, legs, mouth, genitals and anus) under his/her control.

14. The person who has the knowledge, speaks according to the situation, renders loving service according to its ability and the one who knows the limits of its anger.

15. One single woman appears different to different people such as she appears as a carcass, for a person who practices severe penance, for a lusty person, she appears as an object to which he can have sex and for dogs, she appears as lump of meat.

16. Intelligent person should not disclose the following things to anyone such as the formula of the medicine that he has prepared, charity, his family conflicts, private discussion with his wife, good food was not offered to him or any slang language used for him... Read More

CHANAKYA NITISHASTRA – CHAPTER THIRTEEN

1) A person may live for a moment but he or she should spent that moment in doing some auspicious deeds. Otherwise it is useless if one live for 43 billion years and bringing only distress.

2) One should have grudges for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; one should only deal with the present moment.

3) It is the nature of the people of good character, demigods and parents can be easily pleased. Kith & Kin are pleased when they receive hospitably along with food drink, and bathing; Spiritual teacher is pleased with an opportunity for giving spiritual discourse.

4) The five things are predicated for the unborn baby in the womb of his mother are as follows: life destiny, life span, major events of life, acquisition of wealth &knowledge, and the time of death.

5) It is surprising as the doings of the great people are strange, they treat wealth as light as a straw and when they obtain it, they bend under its weight.

6) The person who is desperately attached to his or her family members will experience sorrow and fear. This attachment can lead to the grief. It is advisable that to remain happy, one need not attach to worldly people and desires.

7) The person who cleverly prepared for the future can easily dealwith any situation remain happy; but the person who is sitting idle wholly depends on luck is ruined.

8) If the king is righteous, then the subjects are also righteous. If the king is wicked, then the subjects also become wicked. If he is average, then the subjects are also average. The subjects follow the example of the king. In short, as is the king so are the subjects.

9) According to the Chanakya the person who does not act religiously is considered as dead though living, but the person who dies acting religiously indisputably lives long in the mind of the fellow beings though the person is dead.

10) The person who has not assimilated moral values, wealth, worldly desires nor salvation lives aruthless life, like the nipples hanging from the neck of a goat.

11) The heart of lower mentality people burn before the fire of other's fame, and they feel insulted that they were unable to reach such a high position.

12) Excessive attachment to the pleasure of senses leads to bondage, and detachment from the pleasure of senses leads to the salvation; therefore it is the mind alone that is responsible for salvation or bondage.

13) The person who attain soul consciousness by means of knowledge of that the Supreme Self (Paramatma), will always be absorbed in meditative trance, wherever his mind leads him.

14) The person who realizes that all the happiness he desires is in the hands of God. Therefore one should learn contentment... Read More