Quotes About Chanakya

#1. Little given to brahman in distress compensated abundantly,
Is got back not in equal quantity, but in a way higher degree.
[210] 12.2 Chanakya

Munindra Misra

#2. Polluted who hears not voice of learning, gives no charity,
Who sees not pure devotee and walks not to places holy;
Who fills with things by crooked practices unhesitatingly,
And who ever holds his head high in arrogance and vanity.
[212] 12.4 Chanakya

Munindra Misra

#3. 'Rozabal' was theological while 'Chanakya' is political. Unlike 'Rozabal,' which was about research, the aim of 'Chanakya' is plot, plot, plot, which carries the character. The common DNA, of course, is history.

Ashwin Sanghi

#4. Winning an award is a great feeling but winning the Vodafone Crossword Popular Choice Award is particularly exhilarating because it is based upon public voting. I find it a strange quirk of fate that Chanakya's Chant, a political tale, should end up winning an election!

Ashwin Sanghi

#5. A western audience might not appreciate 'Chanakya's Chant' because of its dependence on history and ancient statecraft. My book is a modern-day thriller that draws on a bedrock of history. My primary object is to entertain, not educate.

Ashwin Sanghi

#6. To many he was known as Kautilya - the crooked one; to his childhood acquaintances he was Vishnugupta; but to most he was Chanakya - illustrious son of the great and learned Chanak, the most renowned teacher in all of Magadha. He

Ashwin Sanghi

#7. It's foolish to call Chanakya an Indian Machiavelli. Rather, Machiavelli was possibly an Italian Chanakya.

Ashwin Sanghi

#8. The Grhasta blessed if house a bliss, wife speaks sweetly,
If wealth satisfies desire, sons able, enjoys wife's company;
If servants obedient, has hospitality, Lord worshiped daily,
Delicious food, drink shared, finds joy in devotees' company.
[209] 12.1 Chanakya

Munindra Misra

#9. The learned has grieve by instructing foolish disciple surely,
As a wicked wife or with the wretched having familiarity.
[4] 1.4 Chanakya

Munindra Misra

#10. Eventually, the British came to overrule India because there was too much diversity in our unity. They were great expotents and impotents. They started by expoting salt from India and then impoting cloth.' One of the more difficult questions related to Chanakya,

Ashwin Sanghi

#11. Happy be who generous to relatives, to strangers kindly,
Indifferent to wicked, loving to good, shrewd in dealing be;
Who frank with the learned and courageous with enemy,
Ever humble with elders and stern with his wife does be.
[211] 12.3 Chanakya

Munindra Misra

#12. Chanakya loved anger. It was a wonderfully energetic emotion and could be used very productively if channelled in the right direction.

Ashwin Sanghi

#13. Save money for adversity, wife against riches undoubtedly,
But save the soul even against wife and riches invariably.
[6] 1.6 Chanakya

Munindra Misra

#14. Where you are not respected inhabit not that country,
You can not earn, have friends and get knowledge truly.
[8] 1.8 Chanakya

Munindra Misra

#15. Save wealth but never assume it removes all calamity,
When riches forsake, amassed stock dwindles rapidly.
[7] 1.7 Chanakya

Munindra Misra

#16. A wicked wife, a false friend, a saucy servant begets misery,
As living in a house with a serpent in it begets death surely.
[5] 1.5 Chanakya

Munindra Misra

#17. He who is prepared for the future and he who deals cleverly with any situation that may arise are both happy; but the fatalistic man who wholly depends on luck is ruined.

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#18. Brass is polished by ashes; copper is cleaned by tamarind; a woman, by her menses; and a river by its flow.

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#19. A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.

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#20. There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

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#21. One who is in search of knowledge should give up the search of pleasure and the one who is in search of pleasure should give up the search of knowledge.

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#22. Constant travel brings old age upon a man; a horse becomes old by being constantly tied up; lack of sexual contact with her husband brings old age upon a woman; and garments become old through being left in the sun.

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#23. The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

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#24. The demerits of our own people bringh infamiy. Their disgrace is our own disgrace. That is why infamy os such people relly hurts . It is desifrable that the ruler or the administrator may work in a way that such disgraceful conduct may not occur.

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#25. He who wears unclean garments, has dirty teeth, is a glutton, speaks unkindly and sleeps after sunrise - although he may be the greatest personality - will lose the favour of Lakshmi.

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#26. Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

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#27. He is a pandit (man of knowledge) who speaks what is suitable to the occasion, who renders loving service according to his ability, and who knows the limits of his anger.

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#28. Those parents who do not educate their sons are their enemies; for as is a crane among swans, so are ignorant so are ignorant sons in a public assembly.

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#29. The disgrace of one's people brings sorrow to the Nobel minded.

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#30. He whose son is obedient to him, whose wife's conduct is in accordance with his wishes, and who is content with his riches, has his heaven here on earth.

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#31. Although an ass is tired, he continues to carry his burden; he is unmindful of cold and heat; and he is always contented; these three things should be learned from the ass.

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#32. A low-minded person should not be given good advice.

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#33. As a whole forest becomes fragrant by the existence of a single tree with sweet-smelling blossoms in it, so a family becomes famous by the birth of a virtuous son.

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#34. He who forsakes his own community and joins another perishes as the king who embraces an unrighteous path.

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#35. The house of a childless person is a void, all directions are void to one who has no relatives, the heart of a fool is also void, but to a poverty stricken man all is void.

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#36. We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment

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#37. Learning is a friend on the journey; a wife in the house; medicine in sickness; and religious merit is the only friend after death.

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#38. Time perfects men as well as destroys them.

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#39. The man who is praised by others is regarded as worthy though he may be really void of all merit. But the man who sings his own praises becomes disgraced though he should be Indra, the possessor of all excellencies.

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#40. He who shall practice these twenty virtues shall become invincible in all his undertakings.

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#41. Sometimes coincidentally an unintelligent person can accomplish a task but that does not mean that he is a knower of means and device or is experienced. A ruler should be careful enough to designate other tasks to such persons.

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#42. As a calf follows its mother among a thousand cows, so the (good or bad) deeds of a man follow him.

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#43. Offspring, friends and relatives flee from a devotee of the Lord: yet those who follow him bring merit to their families through their devotion.

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#44. The fire of the forest burns trees to ashes. Even expensive sandalwood tree which is endowed with qualities of cooling and fragrance, cannot escape from burning. In the same way wicked cause harm to their benefactors also.

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#45. A learned man is honoured by the people.A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honoured everywhere.

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#46. A ruler wishing to win shold not trust a cpterued enemy even if he may be extending had to be friend. Because deep rooted enemity, however, concealed, will ruerely come to light.

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#47. Fate being unfavorable( or without god's grace, even an easy task becomes difficult to accomplish)

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#48. Punishment when awarded with due consideration, makes the people devoted to righteousness and to works productive of wealth and enjoyment.

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#49. Task performed by an unintelligent person should not be rated high.

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#50. Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.

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#51. 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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#52. Many a bad habit is developed through overindulgence, and many a good one by chastisement; therefore, beat your son as well as your pupil; never indulge them.

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#53. Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one's own sins.

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#54. What good is a cow that neither gives milk nor conceives? Similarly, what is the value of the birth of a son if he becomes neither learned nor a pure devotee of the Lord?

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#55. Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.

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#56. As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

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#57. People's Fury is above all the furies.

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#58. Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

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#59. There are three gems upon this earth; food, water, and pleasing words - fools (mudhas) consider pieces of rocks as gems.

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#60. Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.

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#61. A person becomes great not by sitting on some high seat, but through higher qualities. A crow does not become an eagle by simply sitting on the top of a palatial building.

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#62. If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?

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#63. He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.

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#64. Chankaya is referring there to the probibition of entry of the untrustworthy in the counsel-room. Disloyal persons foolishly speak out the secrets of the counsel not knowing the harmful effects of the same. Disclosing the secrets of the counsel mars the welfare of the country.

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#65. Those born blind cannot see; similarly blind are those in the grip of lust. Proud men have no perception of evil; and those bent on acquiring riches see no sin in their actions.

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#66. This world is a bitter tree, it has only two sweet nectar like fruits - one is soft voice and the other is company of gentlemen.

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#67. The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.

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#68. That man who is without religion and mercy should be rejected. A guru without spiritual knowledge should be rejected. The wife with an offensive face should be given up and so should relatives who are without affection.

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#69. Foolishness is indeed painful, and verily so is youth, but more painful by far than either is being obliged in another person's house.

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#70. The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.

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#71. The ruler should employ person in tasks according to their abilities because Knowers ( or the means ) and efficient employees make impossible tasks also possible.

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#72. Do not say, What what fear has a rich man of calamity.

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#73. Low minded people are fraudulent, wicked and chaeat. They shouldnot be trusted. To h ave faith in low minded ones is mistake in policy and useless because they are not trustworthy. An administrator should not invited calamity by trusting the low minded ones.

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#74. The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers it's rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.

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#75. Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend.

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#76. He who loses his money is forsaken by his friends, his wife, his servants and his relations; yet when he regains his riches those who have forsaken him come back to him. Hence wealth is certainly the best of relations.

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#77. A permanent relationship is dependent on particular purpose or wealth.

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#78. Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.

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#79. He who runs away from a fearful calamity, a foreign invasion, a terrible famine, and the companionship of wicked men is safe.

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#80. He shall despise none, but hear the opinions of all. A wise man shall make use of even a child's sensible utterance.

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#81. He who befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision impure, and who is notoriously crooked, is rapidly ruined.

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#82. Skills are called hidden treasure as they save like a mother in a foreign country.

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#83. A father who is a chronic debtor, an adulterous mother, a beautiful wife, and an unlearned son are enemies in one's own home.

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#84. A thing may be dreaded as long as it has not overtaken you.

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#85. A man or a ruler should always take up a task after thoroughly considering its consequences. Otherwise fate also cannot protect his wealth.

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#86. The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.

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#87. One who is to be pardoned should not be harassed.

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#88. If the bees which seek the liquid oozing from the head of a lust-intoxicated elephant are driven away by the flapping of his ears, then the elephant has lost only the ornament of his head. The bees are quite happy in the lotus filled lake.

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#89. Your feelings are your god.

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#90. Sinfully acquired wealth may remain for ten years; in the eleventh year it disappears with even the original stock.

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#91. Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.

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#92. A person or a ruler who executes his plans (of public welfare) after due consideration, the prosperity stands with him for a longer period.

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#93. In trans-border relations, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies or even permanent borders. There are only permanent interests and everything should be done to secure these interests.

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#94. Till the enemy's weakness is known , he should be kept on friendly terms.

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#95. There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

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#96. The low minded are fond of deception the nature of low-minded people never changes.

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#97. Love is indicated by deeds (and not by words)

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#98. The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.

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#99. A single son endowed with good qualities is far better than a hundred devoid of them.

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#100. Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear.

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