Chapter 5

अध्याय ५
गुरूरग्निर्द्विजातीनां वर्णानां ब्राह्मणो गुरूः |
पतिरेव गुरूः स्त्रीणां सर्वस्याऽभ्यागतो गुरूः ||१||

The teacher of Brahmin, kshatriya, vaishya is the fire. Brahmin is the sole teacher of all parts of society. The teacher of ladies is there husband, and the guest is the teacher of all.
यथा चतुर्भिः कनकं परीक्ष्यते निघर्षणच्छेदनतापताडनैः |
तथा चतुर्भिः पुरुष परीक्ष्यते त्यागेन शीलेन गुणेन कर्मणा ||२||

Wear, tear, heat and grind tests the properties of gold, on similar basis alms, calm, efficacy and demeanor tests manliness of man.
तावद् भयेषु भेतव्यं यावद्भयमनागतम् |
आगतं तु भयं दृष्टवा प्रहर्तव्यमशङ्कया ||३||

Get fear of fear when you face it. But when fear fades away just try to avoid in future.
एकोदरसमुद्रभुता एक नक्षत्रजातकाः |
न भवन्ति समा शीलेः यथा बदरिकण्टकाः ||४||

Children of same parent, born under same stars may not have even one quality in common. Just as all fruits of same tree may not have same taste, and all thorns of flower may not be same.
निःस्पृहो नाऽधिकारी स्यान्नकामी मण्नप्रियः |
नाऽविदग्धः प्रियं ब्र्यात स्फुटवक्ता न वञ्चकः ||५||

An officer is proud of their post, and is a bit greedy. It comes with post. Beauty loving people will always get carried by seeing the beauty. You can’t expect fool people to speak intelligently. People speaking clearly will never betray you.
मूर्खाणां पण्डिता द्वेष्या अधनानां महाधनाः |
वाराऽऽङ्गणाः कुलस्त्रीणां सुभगानां च दुर्भगाः ||६||

Enemy of fool are intelligent people, enemy of poor people are rich, enemy of ladies are prostitutes, and enemy of married women are widows. Ugly things are enemy of beautiful things.

आलस्योपहता विद्या परहस्तगताः स्त्रियः |
अल्पबीजं हतं क्षेत्रं हतं सैन्यमनायकम् ||७||

Laziness kills knowledge. Woman in other hand looses everything. Scarce of seed leads to destruction of irrigation and without leader army just die.
अभ्यासाद्धार्यते विद्या कुलं शीलेन धार्यते |
गुणेन ज्ञायते त्वार्यः कोपो नेत्रेण गम्यते ||८||

Practice brings knowledge. Dynasty is made by great demeanor, work and attitude. Great people are known by their demeanor and anger is expressed through eyes.
वित्तेन रक्ष्यते धर्मो विद्या योगेन रक्ष्यते |
मृदुना रक्ष्यते भूपः सत्स्त्रिया रक्ष्यते गृहम् ||९||

Money protects religion, discipline and yog protects knowledge. Soft heartens protects king and good wife calm and demeanor protects home.
अन्यथा वेदपाण्डित्यं शास्त्रमाचारमनसयथा |
अन्यथा कुवचः शान्तं लोकाः क्लिश्यन्ति चान्यथा ||१०||

Those people who say bad words to Shastra, saints, etc cannot do anything bad for them. In return they themselves suffer.
दारिद्रयनाशनं दानं शीलं दुर्गतिनाशनम् |
अज्ञाननाशिनी प्रज्ञा भावना भयनाशिनी ||११||

Alms finishes poverty, demeanor and calmness finish bad circumstances. Brain removes illiteracy and faith in god removes all kinds of fear.
नाऽस्ति कामसमो व्याधिर्नाऽस्ति मोहसमो रिपुः |
नाऽस्ति कामसमो वह्रिर्नाऽस्ति ज्ञानात् परं सुखम् ||१२||

Sexual sickness is the worst kind in all kind of sickness. Endearment is the worst enemy. No fire is as bad as anger. Knowledge and Self knowledge is the greatest happiness.
जन्ममृत्यु हि यात्येको भुनक्त्येकः शुभाऽशुभम् |
नरकेषु पतत्येक एको याति परां गतिम् ||१३||

Life cycle of man is all alone. He takes birth, suffers all disease, suffers sickness, suffers from world affairs, enjoys this world and dies all alone.
तृणं ब्रह्मविदः स्वर्गस्तृणं शूरस्य जीवितम् |
जिताऽशस्य तृणं नारी निःस्पृहस्य तृणं जगत् ||१४||

Heaven for knowledgeable person is just like a small piece. For great warrior life is just trifle. Women for bachelor is just trifle and people without any desire, this world is just trifle.

विद्या मित्रं प्रवासेषु भार्या मित्रं गृहेषु च |
व्याधितस्यौषधं मित्रं धर्मो मित्रं मृतस्य च ||१५||

Knowledge is the best friend of a man in foreign. Wife is the best friend of man in the house. For sick medicine is the best friend and for dead person best friend is his good deeds.
वृथा वृष्टिः समुद्रेषु वृथा तृप्तेषु भोजनम् |
वृथा दानं धनाढ़्येषु वृथा दीपो दिवाऽपि च ||१६||

Rain on ocean is waste, to make eat stomach full person is just waste. Giving alms to rich is waste, and switching light in daytime is waste.
नाऽस्ति मेघसमं तोयं नाऽस्ति चात्मसमं बलम् |
नाऽस्ति चक्षुःसमं तेजो नाऽस्ति धान्यसमं प्रियम् ||१७||

Water of clouds is immaculate; the power of inner soul is the most powerful power. No other part is as great as the eye of a person and nothing else than food is affection able.
अधना अधमिच्छन्ति वाचं चैव चतुष्पदाः |
मानवाः स्वर्गभिच्छन्ति मोक्षमिच्छन्ति देवताः ||१८||

Scarcity of money brings greed for more money for a man. Four legged animals crave for language, people generally crave for heaven and knowledgeable people pray to be out of the cycle of life and death.
सत्येन धार्यते पृथ्वी सत्येन तपते रविः |
सत्येन वाति वायुश्च सर्वं सत्ये प्रतिष्ठितम् |१९||

Truth has made this earth stable, truth gives the sun his light, truth makes the wind flow and everything just rely on truth.
चला लक्ष्मीश्चलाः प्राणाश्चलं जीवित यौवनम् |
चलाचले च संसारे धर्म एको हि निश्चलः ||२०||

Money is fickle by nature. It vanishes one day. Soul is also destructible. Life and youth are going to get destroy one day. Everything is going to be vanished and die. This is the only truth of this world.
नराणां नापितो धूर्तः पक्षिणां चैव वायसः |
चतुष्पदां श्रृ्गालस्तु स्त्रीणां धूर्तां च मालिनी ||२१||

Barber is the wicked person in male, crow is the most wicked bird, fox is the most wicked animal and flower picking lady is the most wicked female.

Chapter 4

अध्याय ४
आयुः कर्म च वित्तं च विद्या निधनमेव च |
पञ्चैतानि हि सृजयन्ते गर्भस्थस्यैव देहिनः ||१||

Age, work, money, knowledge and death these five things are decided at the time when any living being takes birth.
साधुभ्यस्ते निवर्तन्ते पुत्रा मित्राणि बान्धवाः |
ये च तैः सह गन्तारस्तद्धर्मात्सुकृतं कुलम् ||२||

Son, friends, peers and relatives may be against great souls Sadhus, but if you follow the path as enlightened by Sadhu, you won’t regret it. The good deeds will make your family proud.
दर्शनध्यानसंस्पर्शैर्मत्सी कूर्मी च पक्षिणी |
शिशुं पालयते च नित्यं तथा सज्जनसंगतिः ||३||

Like fish who by showing, female birds by touching teach their young ones, similarly in the company, by just seeing them, of great minds and peoples will make you grow in the best way possible.
यावत्स्वस्थो ह्मयं देहो यावन्मृत्युश्च दूरतः |
तावदात्महितं कुर्यात् प्राणान्ते किं करिष्यति ||४||

Till the time you are healthy, does not suffer any disease and death is far, is the time you should do some good deeds, giving alms to poor people and working for the humankind. After death you won`t be able to do anything.
कामधेनुगुणा विद्या ह्मकाले फलदायिनी |
प्रवासे मातृसदृशी विद्या गुप्तं धनं स्मृतम् ||५||

Knowledge is similar to Kamdhenu, because it will be useful all the time irrespective whether it is required or not. Knowledge is said to be like mother in foreign, because it is just because of this you would be able to survive, and overcome any difficulty. It is even said secret weapon.

वरमेको गुणी पुत्रो निर्गुणैश्च शतैरपि |
एकश्चन्द्रस्तमो हन्ति न च ताराः सहस्त्रशः ||६||

Hundreds of foolish and useless sons are simply waste. Just one son having good qualities is better than them. Just one moon is enough for ending darkness, and thousands of stars are alone are just useless.



मूर्खश्चिरायुर्जातोऽपि तस्माज्जातमृतो वरः |
मृतः स चाऽल्पदुःखाय यावज्जीवं जडो दहेत् ||७||

Foolish son of long age is worse than the foolish son dyeing as soon as taking the birth. His death will cause sadness for that time only, but if he lives longer you will regret each day of your life.
कुग्रामवासः कुलहीनसेवा कुभोजनं क्रोधमुखी च भार्या |
पुत्रश्च मुर्खो च कन्या विनाऽग्निना षट् प्रदहन्ति कायम् ||८||

Living in bad village, working for lower class people, eating bad food, angry wife, foolish son and widow daughter burns your body without fire.
किं तया क्रियते धेन्वा या न दोग्ध्री न च गुर्भिणी |
कोऽर्थः पुत्रेण जातेन् यो विद्वान न भक्तिमान् ||९||

There is no use of such cow that neither gives milk nor get pregnant. Similarly there is no use of such child is neither intelligent nor worship.
संसार तापदग्धानां त्रयो विश्रान्तिहेतवः |
अपत्यं च कलत्रं च सतां संगतिरेव च ||१०||

To get rid of all pain and tension of the world you need just three things to ease out, son who is intelligent and do good deeds, wife who loves his husband, and company of great intelligent peoples.
सकृज्जल्पन्ति राजानः सकृज्जमपन्ति पण्डिताः |
सकृत् कन्याः प्रदीयन्ते त्रोण्येतानि सकृत्सकृत् ||११||

King gives is verdict just once, knowledgeable people speaks only once and daughter are given just once. These three things are not repeated and are done only once.
एकाकिना तपो द्वाभ्यां पठनं गायनं त्रिभिः |
चतुर्भिर्गमनं क्षेत्रं पञ्चभिर्बहुभिर्रणः ||१२||

Meditation is done alone; study is done in the company of two peoples. Three people together can sing, travel is best with four peoples. Agriculture is done best with five people working and for war we need lots of peoples.
सा भार्या या शुचिर्दक्षा सा भार्या या पतिव्रता |
सा भार्या या पतिप्रीता सा भार्या सत्यवादिनी ||१३||

She is wife who has beauty of head and heart and does the work in most efficient way. Those wives are great who love her husband. Only those wives are lucky who are either loved by their spouse or make their spouse life full of love and care.



अपुत्रस्य गृहं शून्यः दिशः शून्यास्त्वबान्धवाः |
मूर्खस्य ह्रदयं शून्यं सर्वशून्या दरिद्रता ||१४||

Without son, man abode is empty. Without relatives all direction for the man is empty. Foolish man has his heart empty. And indigent man has everything empty in his life.
अनभासे विषं शास्त्रमजीर्णे भोजनं विषम् |
दरिद्रस्य विषं गोष्ठी वृद्धस्य तरुणी विषम् ||१५||

Without practice even Shastra are poisonous, till the time food is completely digested eating again is poisonous, for indigent man everything is poisonous and for old people women are poisonous.
त्यजेद्धर्मं दयाहीनं विद्याहीनं गुरूं त्यजेत् |
त्यजेत्क्रोधमुखीं भार्या निःस्नेहान् बान्धवांस्त्यजेत ||१६||

Man should abandon that religion in which there is no mercy. Desolate that teacher who has no knowledge, give up wife who always remains angry, and forsake those relative who do not love you.
अध्वा जरा मनुष्याणां वाजिनां बन्धनं जरा |
अमैथुनं जरा स्त्रीणां वस्त्राणामातपो जरा ||१७||

Walking too much makes men old. Horses all the time tied makes them old. Women who do not have sex get old faster, and sun makes clothe wear and tear.
कः कालः कानि मित्राणि को देशः कौ व्ययाऽऽगमौ |
कश्चाऽहं का च मे शक्तिरिति चिन्त्यं मूहूर्मूहूः ||१८||

You should give some time and think about what is the time, who are my friends, which is my country, what are my credit and debit, who am I, what is my strength? Thinking these things will definitely pave your way to much higher positions.

जनिता चोपनेता च यस्तु विद्यां प्रयच्छति |
अन्नदाता भयत्राता पञ्चैते पितरः स्मृताः ||१९||

Five people are said to be like father, who give you birth, who teach you what is right or wrong, teacher who gives you knowledge, who gives you to eat and who defend you form fear.
राजपत्नी गुरोः पत्नी मित्रपत्नी तथैव च |
पत्नीमाता स्वमाता च पञ्चैता मातरः स्मृताः ||२०||

Wife of king, wife of teacher, wife of friend, mother of your wife and mother who gave you birth all are mother like figure.



अग्निर्देवो द्विजातीनां मुनीनां ह्वदि दैवतम् |
प्रतिमा स्वल्पबुद्धीनां सर्वत्र समदर्शिनः ||२१||

For Brahmin, Kshatriya and Vaishya god is in fire, for hermit god lives in heart. For foolish people god live in idol and for intelligent people god live everywhere.

Chapter 3

अध्याय ३
कस्य दोषः कुले नास्ति व्याधिना को पीड़ितः |
व्यसनं केन न प्राप्तं कस्य सौख्यं निरन्तरम् ||१||

Every dynasty has some or other defects in them. There is no person who hasn`t suffered any health problem or fallen ill. Pain and bad time alight on everyone in this world. And no one lives happy and satisfied all through his life.
आचारः कुलमाख्याति देशमाख्याति भाषणम् |
सम्भ्रमः स्नेहमाख्याति वपुराख्याति भोजनम् ||२||

Ethics of person shows his background, his state is presented by the way he talks. The way he respects other shows the love and soft corner of his heart. And his body built represents his eating habits.
सुकुले योजयेत्कन्यां पुत्रं विद्यासु योजयेत् |
व्यसने योजयेच्छत्रुं मित्रं धर्मे नियोजयेत् ||३||

Marry your daughter in better legacy, and make your son study. Never forget your enemy and involve him in some or other pain, sadness, etc and always involve your friends in good deeds.
दुर्जनस्य च सर्पस्य वरं सर्पो न दुर्जनः |
सर्पो दंशति कालेन दुर्जनस्तु पदे पदे ||४||

If we are to compare scallywag and snake, then we would find snake much better than scallywag. Reason being snake bites only when time comes but scallywag harms you all the time.
एतदर्थ कुलीनानां नृपाः कुर्वन्ति संग्रहम |
आदिमध्याऽवसानेषु न त्यजन्ति च ते नृपम् ||५||

King should always try to be in the company of learned people or people belonging to the best family. Because these people whatever may be the circumstances, progress or destruction or the worst possible trouble you can imagine, will never leave the king.
प्रलये भिन्नमर्यादा भवन्ति किल सागराः |
सागरा भेदमिच्छन्ति प्रलयेऽपि न साधवः ||६||

Sea forgets his propriety whenever there is boisterous. It no longer differentiates, and may either leave or destroy the shore. But great people of strong will never forget their propriety whatever the situation may be.
मूर्खस्तु परिहर्तव्यः प्रत्यक्षो द्विपदः पशुः |
भिनत्ति वाक्शल्येन अदृष्टः कण्टको यथा ||७||

Leave the company of foolish people because they are animals walking on two foot. There words are like invisible arrow piercing your body and causing pain.
रूपयौवनसम्पन्नाः विशालकुलसम्भवाः |
विद्याहीना न शोभन्ते निर्गन्धा इव किंशुकाः ||८||

Person born in great family extremely beautiful but illiterate is like odorless flower.
कोकिलानां स्वरो रूपं स्त्रीणां रूपं पतिव्रतम् |
विद्या रूपं कुरूपाणां क्षमा रूपं तपस्विनाम् ||९||

The beauty of Koyal is her voice; the beauty of ladies is her service to husband, beauty of ugly person is their learning and the beauty of hermit is their power to forgive others.
त्यजदेकं कुलस्याऽर्थे ग्रामस्याऽर्थे कुलं त्यजेत् |
ग्रामं जनपदस्याऽर्थे आत्माऽर्थे पृथिवीं त्यजेत् ||१०||

For the good of family one member of family can be forsaken. For the good of society a family can be repudiated. For the good of country a society can be forsaken and for the good of oneself, soul whole world can be abdicated.
उद्योगे नास्ति दारिद्रयं जपतो नास्ति पातकम् |
मौने च कलहो नास्ति नास्ति जागरिते भयम् ||११|

If you do business or work hard you will never be poor. If you charter Om you will never do any sinful act. Remaining quiet can avoid lot of trouble and fight and people who are awake are fearless.

अतिरूपेण वै सीता अतिगर्वेण रावणः |
अतिदानात् बलिर्बद्धो अति सर्वत्र वर्जयेत् ||१२||

Sita was abducted because she was very beautiful. Too much pride was the reason of Ravana destruction. Habit of giving too much leads Bali to death bed. So excess of anything is bad.
को हि भारः समर्थानां किं दूरं व्यवसायिनाम् |
को विदेशः सविधानां कः परः प्रियवादिनाम् ||१३||

Nothing is troublesome for powerful men. No place is too far for business men. Learned and intelligent people are indifferent between foreign and their own country. And no one is enemy of sweet speaking guy.
एकेनाऽपि सुवृक्षेण पुष्पितेन सुगन्धिना |
वासितं तद्धनं सर्वं सुपुत्रेण कुलं तथा ||१४||

Like one flower of great fragrance increase the beauty of bunch of tress, similarly one son of great qualities can bring pride to the entire family.



एकेन शुष्कवृक्षेण दह्ममानेन वह्रिना |
दह्मते तद्धनं सर्वं कुपुत्रेण कुलं तथा ||१५||

Just like one dry tress is sufficient for the burning of entire forest similarly family having just one son who is foolish, rascal loose all their pride.
एकेनाऽपि सुपुत्रेण विद्यायुक्तेन साधुना |
आह्मदितं कुलं सर्वं यथा चन्द्रेण शर्वरी ||१६||

One member of family highly educated and intelligent brings happiness and glory to the family like moon when rises bring to the night.
किं जातैर्बहुभिः पुत्रैः शोकसन्तापकारकैः |
वरमेकः कुलाऽऽलम्बी यत्र विश्राम्यते कुलम् ||१७||

Armies of children who bring sadness and make your break your heart are of no use. Just one son who is intelligent and responsible is enough for keeping the name and glory of the family.
लालयेत पञ्च वर्षाणि ताडयेत् |
प्राप्ते तु षोडशे वर्षे पुत्रं मित्रवदाचरेत् ||१८||

Till five years of age children should be loved and cared as much as possible. From age of five till ten they should be kept under tight supervision and punished as and when required. After sixteen years of age you should become friend of your son and talk to him like that.
उपसर्गेऽन्यचक्रे च दुर्भिक्षे च भयावहे |
असाधुजनसम्पर्के यः पलायति स जीवति ||१९||

The one who run away from natural disaster, wars, calamities, attacking enemies, drought, and company of rascals and bad peoples will definitely survive.
धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां यस्यैकोऽपि न विद्यते |
जन्म जन्मनि मत्र्येषु तस्यं केवलम् ||२०||

Dharma, money, sex, and Moksha if anyone who does not even have one of these masculine qualities is benefitted by the death only by taking birth as human being.
मूर्खा यत्र न पूज्यन्ते धान्यं यत्र सुसञ्चितम् |
दम्पत्येः कलहो नाऽस्ति तत्र श्रीः स्वयमागता ||२१||

Place where foolish people don’t lead, food products are produced in excessive quantities, where spouse don’t fight among themselves, there only money, glory, health, beauty, and pride lives permanently.

Chankya Learning Chapter 1 & 2

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सम्पूर्ण चाणक्य नीति
अध्याय १
प्रणम्य शिरसा विष्णू ञैलोक्याधिपतिं शुभम् |
नानाशास्ञोद्धृतं वक्ष्ये राजनीति समुच्चयम ||१||

Master of three worlds, almighty and omnipresent GOD, I offer prostration to you. I am beginning to write this corpus incorporating the Shastra.
अधीत्येदं यथाशास्त्रं नरो जानाति सत़मः |
धर्मोपदेशविख्यातं कार्याकार्य शुभऽशुभम् ||२||

Divine People can learn about their duties, virtue-sin, persuasion, etc which are inscribed in the Vedas.
तदह् सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि लोकानां हितकाम्यता |
येन विज्ञानमात्रेण सर्वज्ञत्वं प्रपद्यते||३||

I am writing secrets of politics for the mere benefit of people all over the world. After learning, you can become saint who knows everything about past, present and future.
मुर्खशिष्योपदेशेन दुष्टस्त्रीभरणेन च |
दुःखितैः सम्प्रयोगेण पण्डितोऽप्यवसीदति ||४||

Never be in the company of foolish person, spoiled women, ailing people, and who are always sad. This will make you unhappy and you will suffer. Even the sane person will be sad if he lives in the company of sad peoples.
दुष्टा भार्या शठं मित्रं भृत्यश्चोत्तरदायकः |
ससर्पे च गृहे वासो मृत्युरेव न संशयः ||५||

Chankya is of the view that people must be very conscious in building up the relationship with wife, friends, and servants. People must keep balance in these relationships. If any of these relationships looses balance then they have to be sorted out immediately. Otherwise it is similar to be having a snake in the home.




आपदर्ये धनं रक्षेद् दारान रक्षेद्धनैरपि |
आत्मानं सततं रक्षेद दारैरपि धनैरपि ||६||

According to acharya Chankya, money is valuable. Having money definitely bring happiness. But money is not everything, the women of the home holds much more importance. Her prestige and respects should be protected at any cost. Importance of the person himself must be the top priority. If times comes he should be able to leave everything and protect himself.
आपदर्थे धनं रंक्षेच्छुीमतां कुत आपदः |
कदाचिच्चलता लक्ष्मीः सञ्चितोऽपि विनश्यति ||७||

People should not adopt the irresponsible behavior, after saving the money for bad time. Money alone can`t drag you out of bad time. Money does not remain forever. Intelligence is the most important aspect of human behavior and drags you out of the bad time.
यस्मिन् देशे न सम्मानो न वृत्तिर्न च बान्धवाः |
न च वियाऽऽगमः तं देशं परिवर्जयेत् ||८||

People should make their abode where they get respect, job, have their family members, friends and prospects to learn.
धनिकः श्रोत्रियो राजा नदी वैद्यस्तु पञ्चमः |
पञ्च यन्त्र न विद्ययन्ते न तत्र दिवसं वसेत ||९||

Nations must have following five things: 1. Business prospects and good business men. 2. Brahmins (learned scholars) having knowledge of Vedas. 3. Good governance. 4. River etc for water and irrigation purpose. 5. Good doctors. People should never live at the place where we don`t have above mentioned qualities.
लोकयात्रा भयं लज्जा दाक्षिण्यं त्यागशीलता |
पञ्च यत्र न विद्यन्ते न कुर्यात तत्र संस्थितम् ||१०||

1. Where there aren`t any opportunities of jobs and business. 2. People aren`t afraid of law and order. 3. People don`t have any shame and honour. 4. People aren`t intelligent enough. 5. People don`t believe in giving. Nation devoid of, mentioned five qualities, isn`t worth living.
जानीयात् प्रेषेण भृत्यान् बान्धवान् व्यसनाऽऽगमे |
मित्रं चाऽऽपत्तिकालेषु भार्यां विभवक्षये ||११||

Chankya had explained how can people be trusted and how to know which people are really on your side. Servants can be tested on occasion when there is work or they are entrusted some work upon. Relatives are tested when you are sad and unhappy. Friends are tested in the event of some mishap. Women are tested when you lose the money. So trust only those people whom you have really tested.
आतुरे व्यसने प्राप्ते दुर्भिक्षे शत्रु संकटे |
राजद्वारे श्मशाने च यस्तिष्ठतिं श बान्धवः ||१२||

According to Chankya when you catch some incurable disease, or in the event of sadness, when there are some natural calamities, when you are afraid of some enemy, when someone close to you dies. Then the person who really took your side in any of these mishaps is in real sense your brother.
यो ध्रुवाणि परित्यज्य अध्रुवं परिषेवते |
ध्रुवाणि तस्य नश्यन्ति अध्रुवं नष्टमेव च ||१३|

If a person tries to get what he does not have without taking proper care of things which he already has then he not only loses what he already had but also is not able to get what he tries to get. So an intelligent person first try to secure what he already have and take full advantage of it. Then he tries to get something extra.
वरयेत कुलजां प्राज्ञो विरूमापि कन्यकाम् |
रूपवती न नीचस्य विवाहः सदृशे कुले ||१४||

Sane person should marry a girl having a good family background and he should not bother too much about the beauty. Similarly girl not having good family background despite of the fact that she might be beautiful, sane person should not marry that girl. Reason being marriage are successful only if they are done between families of equal status and not mere beauty because beauty vanishes.
नखीनां च नदीनां च श्रृडींग्णां शस्त्रपणिनाम् |
विश्वासो नैव कर्त्तव्यः स्त्रीषु राजकुलेषु च ||१५||

Chankya had suggested us to be beware of animals having long nails, river, big thorn animals, person carrying arms, ladies, and politicians. Don`t ever trust them blindly.
विषादप्यमृतं ग्राह्मममेध्यादपि काञ्चनम् |
नीचादप्युत्तमा विद्या स्त्रीरत्नं दुष्कुलादपि ||१६||

If we get some holy water even from poison we should drink it. Getting valuable substances even from down trodden place we should take it. If we get saintly advice even from low class people we should follow them and ladies having good nature even though she might come from low background should be adapted.



स्त्रीणां द्विगुण आहारो बुद्धिस्तासां चतुर्गुणा |
साहसं षडूगुणं चैव कामोऽष्टगुण उच्यते ||१७||

Whatever Chankya had learned from womanhood, he came to conclusion that women generally have twice the appetite compared to men. Women have shame almost four times than men, that`s why most of the time they can`t say what is on their mind. Even though they are shameful, but they are six times brave than men. And have sexual feeling almost four times than men.

अध्याय २

अतृतं साहसं माया मूर्खत्वमतिलुब्धता |
अशौचत्वं निर्दयत्वं स्त्रीणां दोषाः स्वभावजाः ||१||

Women generally by nature are liar and untrustworthy. Although they are brave enough, but they can never be trusted upon. They are dumb headed, greedy and devoid of pity.

भोज्यं भोजनशक्तिश्च रतिशक्तिर्वराडग्ना |
विभवो दानशक्तिश्च नाऽल्पस्य तपसः फलम् ||२||

If you are eating good food and having an appetite, if you have beautiful lady and power to enjoy sexual life, if you have ample of money and enough money to donate to needy people then you must have done some really great deeds in your last birth. People enjoying these things should have done something really great to actually enjoy it.

यस्य पुत्रो वशीभूतो भार्या छन्दाऽनुगामिनी |
विभवे यश्च सन्तुष्टस्तस्य स्वर्ग इहैव हि ||३||

If your son is submissive, your lady follows you, you are satisfied with your earning and do not greed for more money then be assured you are enjoying heaven right down here on earth.
ते पुत्रा ये पितुर्भक्ताः स पिता यस्तु पोषकः |
तन्मित्रं यस्य विश्वासः सा भार्या यत्र निर्वृतिः ||४||

Who worship his parents is the real son, who take good care of their children is the real father, friend is who we can trust upon and lady gives you real happiness.
परोक्षे कार्यहन्तारं प्रत्यक्षे प्रियवादिनम् |
वर्जयेत्तादृशं मित्रं विषकुम्भं पयोमुखम् ||५||

Friend who flatter in front of you, but at your back always try to do things which can harm you should be left as early as possible. They are like pot full with milk having poison inside.
न विश्वसेत् कुमित्रे च मित्रे चाऽपि न विश्वसेत् |
कदाचित् कुपितं मित्रं सर्वं गुह्मं प्रकाशयेट ||६||

Never ever trust your friends blindly telling all your secrets. You don`t ever know when your friend might by angry on you and reveals all your secrets in front of everyone.
मनसा चिन्तितं कार्यं वाचा नैव प्रकाशयेत् |
मन्त्रेण रक्षयेद् गूढं कार्ये चाऽपि नियोजयेत् ||७||

Never reveals your thought by saying to everyone. Think about your thoughts and slowly and gradually convert them into real deal.
कष्टं च खलु मूर्खत्वं कष्टं च खलु यौवनम् |
कष्टातूकष्टतरं चैव परगेहनिवासनम् ||८||

Being foolish and youth are definitely painful, but most painful and vicious is to live in someone else`s house.
शैले शैले न माणिक्यं मौक्तिकं न गजे गजे |
साधवो न हि सर्वत्र चन्दनं न वने वने ||९||

You won`t find precious stone on each mountain. You can`t find pearl on the head on all elephants. Saint person aren`t at all places and you can`t find sandalwood tree in all forest.
पुत्राश्च विविधैः शीलैर्नियोज्याः सततं बुधैः |
नीतिज्ञाः शीलसम्पन्ना भवन्ति कुलपूजिताः ||१०||
Saint father must always try to teach their children good enough. Because in future only those people will be respected who are intelligent enough to understand things.
माता शत्रु पिता बैरी येन बालो न पाठितः |
न शोभते सभामध्ये हंसमध्ये बको यथा ||११||
Parents who do not proper education to their child are the greatest enemy of their child. Whenever that child will be in the company of learned people he will be seeing with an eye of disrespect and will be looked down by group of people. His condition will be similar to that of heron in sitting between ganders.
लालनाद् बहवो दोषास्ताडनाद् बहवो गुणाः |
तस्मात्पुत्रम च शिष्यं च ताडयेन्न तु लालयेत् ||१२||
If we become show too much affection and love to our child or students, they generally get spoiled. In contrast if they are treated a bit rough they learn very fast and new good qualities are imbibed in them. So we should never show too much of love and always be a bit rude towards them.
श्लोकेन वा तदर्धेन पादेनैकाक्षरेण वा |
अबन्ध्यं दिवसं कुर्याद दानाध्ययन कर्मभिः ||१३||

People should at least learn one Sloka (Vedmantra) or half the sloka or one choupai or one world per day and should always have a tendency to give to people. By doing so he would make his day worth and not waste it in vain.
कान्तावियोग स्वजानापमानः ॠणस्य शेषं कुनृपस्य सेवा |
दरिद्रभावो विषमा सभा च वेनाग्निनैते प्रदहन्ति कायम् ||१४||

Living away with your wife, disrespect shown by relatives, under debt, working under sinful person, poorness, and company of foolish people burn your inner soul like fire burn your body.

नदीतीरे च ये वृक्षाः परगेहेषु कामिनी |
मन्त्रिहीनाश्च राजानः शीध्रं नश्यन्संशयम् ||१५||

Trees growing at the bank of river, ladies living or going to somebody else`s home, and king without minister are destroyed very soon, there is no doubt about that.
बलं विधा च विप्राणां राज्ञां सैन्यं बलं तथा |
बल वित्तं च वैश्यानां शुद्राणां परिचर्यिकम् ||१६||

Power of Brahmin is knowledge, power of king is strength, power of businessman is money and capital and power of shudras (lower class in caste system) is providing good service.
निर्धनं पुरुषं वेश्या प्रजा भग्नं नृपं त्यजेत |
खगा वीतफलं वृक्षं भुक्त्वा चाऽभ्यागता गृहम् ||१७||

Prostitute bankrupt person, people defeated king, bird fruitless trees, and guest after having dinner in the house leave.
गृहीत्वा दक्षिणां विप्रस्त्यजन्ति यजमानकम् |
प्राप्तविधा गुरूं शिष्या दग्धाऽरण्यं मृगास्तथा ||१८||

Brahmin after receiving their remuneration leaves, students after learning from teacher leave him and animals leave burnt forest.
दुराचारी च दुरदृष्टिर्दुराऽऽवासी च दुर्जनः |
यन्मैत्री क्रियते पुम्भिर्नरः शीध्रं विनश्यति ||१९||

A person should never be in the company of vicious and amoral person; people who have abode at bad places, and should never be friend of bad peoples. If so he will be corroded and destroyed soon.
समाने शोभते प्रीति राज्ञि सेवा च शोभते |
वाणिज्यं व्यवहारेषु दिव्या स्त्री शोभते गृहे ||२०||

Love among equal looks good, service of king is the best, business of money is the best and lady with good qualities make the home heaven.