Chanakya Neeti

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12. By preparing a garland for a Deity with one's own hand; by grinding
sandal paste for the Lord with one's own hand; and by writing sacred
texts with one's own hand -- one becomes blessed with opulence equal
to that of Indra.

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13. ...
14. Poverty is set off by fortitude; shabby garments by keeping them clean;
bad food by warming it; and ugliness by good behaviour.

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CHAPTER TEN

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1. 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.

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2. 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.

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2. 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.

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2. 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.

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4. 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?

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5. Fate makes a beggar a king and a king a beggar. He makes a rich man
poor and a poor man rich.

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6. 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.

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7. 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.

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8. 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.

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9. 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?

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10. Nothing can reform a bad man, just as the posterious cannot become a
superior part of the body though washed one hundred times.

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11. 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.