Chanakya Neeti - Chapter 15

Chanakya Neeti (The Book) - Chapter 15

A man who has mercy and compassion for all creatures is religious for sure. He does not require any religious symbol or sign to prove his religiousness.

A guru who shows his disciple the path of righteousness leaves a huge debt. It cannot be payed back as none of the physical objects is so precious.

There are two ways to deal with wicked people and thorns. One is to crush them under your boot and other is to stay away from them.

One who wears dirty clothes, has filthy teeth, oversleeps, and uses foul language. Such person cannot gain prosperity and good health.

When a person looses money. then his woman, friends, servants, and relatives also move away. Upon regaining money they will try to come back. This means that money is your ultimate relative in this physical world.

The wealth earned by unjust means will perish for sure.

A wrong act done by a person with power is hailed and many times is justified. On the other hand, a good task done by a poor might not grab that much attention.

Even if a gem be placed on foot and a mirror on head,. Still, the gem will not loose its value.

The knowledge in holy scriptures is like a huge sea. For a man with busy like it will not be possible to read and understand everything. He must act like a swan i.e. attain what is useful and leave the rest.

If a man neglects a hungry and tired traveler that came to him in hope for some food and himself begins eating. Surely, such person is a charlatan.

If a man recites religious scriptures without bothering to understand the ideas being stated. Such person is not better than a ladle that is dipped in all kinds of food, but is unable to taste even one.

Frequent visitors loose respect. For example: Moon appears so bright until it enters home of Sun (on daily basis) .

Greed is the root cause of troubles. A black bee enjoys nectar from a lotus flower, but in search of more it goes to forests and paddy fields where it gets hurt from thorns of different flowers.

The bond of love is supreme and has a very significant impact on life of a person. A black bee can drill hole in hard wood, but gets trapped in lotus flower. It can get its freedom quite easily, but it hesitates to hurt the flower.

The fragrance of sandalwood remains even upon chopping it, a bull-elephant does not stops mating even in old age, and sugarcane tastes sweet even upon being crushed. Such is the nature of a high-class men that remains unchanged even in poverty.

Chanakya Neeti - Chapter 14

Chanakya Neeti (The Book) - Chapter 14

In this world there are only three gems. They are water, food grains, and good language. On the other hand fools consider those stones to be precious gems.

Poverty, diseases, conflicts, and other problems in life are nothing, but the fruits from tree of ones own misdeeds.

You can earn money after losing it, you can make new friends, and also you can get another wife, but this is not the case with body. [take good care of your health]

Numerous straws reunite together to frame a thatch to provide protection against rain. In the same manner, when men unite together to form an army they can easily vanquish the enemy. In other words, “Unity possesses great strength”.

The following have great tendency to spread. They are oil on water, a secret with a man of unjust character, donation to a worthy man, and learning of a wise person. [Yep! oil spreads on surface of water, a wicked person will reveal your secret to everyone, donation to right kind of person will add to your glory, and a wise man keeps on learning]

One becomes enlightened and awaken on listening to the religious talks and sermons, on attending some funeral, and on falling sick severely. [... how many of us think about God only when in pain. It is not strange and very true fact]

Normally, a man regrets upon his act of sin after accomplishing it. If same wisdom be shown before doing the action then the man will definitely attain Nirvana.

There is no need to get satisfied with knowledge, act of charity, politeness, penance, and worldly wisdom. As this worlds is full of such gems and you cannot get enough of them. [i.e. always a chance for doing better.]

Is someone lives in heart of someone then distances don’t matter. On other hand a person who has no place in heart doesn’t matter, even upon being physically near.

It will be good for you to not get too close to a king, fire, and women. Also, don’t stay too far from them otherwise you will get deprived of the rewards. [... maintain the balance in life, of life and for life]

One must cautiously deal with fire, woman, fool, snake, and members of royalty. They may prove fatal.

Only a capable man who lives life as per principles of religion is alive in real senses . If not, then the person is living a life of no use.

A really wise man is well aware about the art of speaking, he talks as per situation, speak the words that add to his fame, and shows anger in accordance with the power he possesses.

The three views of three beings for a very beautiful woman were. She will be equivalent to a corpse for some Yogi. A lustful man will consider her as an object of desire. For a dog, she will be nothing, but a lump of meat. [... contains very deep meaning. Discretion advised]

A wise man will never reveal his secret to anyone. He won’t discuss formula of his secret medicine, his religious resolves, problem in family, consumption of bad food, and his sexual acts. Also, he will not indulge himself in such discussions. (specially the ill talks about others) [... I know you have a lot of important tasks to perform and care for time. Dont you!]

A cuckoo bird will not sing until arrival of spring i.e. there is a right time for different tasks.

O man! you must leave the company of wicked persons and must come closer to noble fellows. You must do good deeds all day and night with faith in God because this world will perish one day. [not on the dooms day, but with your end, your world will also end at that very instance]