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21 " At the time of destruction, the oceans transgress their limits and seek to come apart, but even at that time, a saint neither transgresses his limits nor does he come apart. "
― Rajen Jani , Old Chanakya Strategy: Aphorisms
22 " Virtue ornaments beauty, conduct ornaments lineage, perfection ornaments knowledge, enjoyment ornaments wealth. "
23 " A fool should be kept afar, for he is a mere two-legged beast, whose inappropriate sharp words pierces like an unseen thorn. "
24 " Lack of virtue tarnishes beauty, bad conduct tarnishes lineage, non-perfection tarnishes knowledge, improper utilization tarnishes wealth. "
25 " With beauty and youth endowed, and in a large high-status family born, yet men without education are not befitting, just like a fragrantless Kinshuka flower. "
26 " Water flowing under the ground is pure, a faithful wife is pure, a benefactor king is pure, a contented Brahmin is pure. "
27 " Those who have no learning, no penance, no charity, no knowledge, no good conduct, no virtue, and no righteousness; they are from the world of the dead and on the earth are simply a burden; in the form of humans, they roam around like deers. "
28 " An unsatisfied Brahmin is destroyed, a satisfied king is destroyed, a prostitute having shame is destroyed, and a shameless woman of a noble family is destroyed. "
29 " A cuckoo’s musical notes, is its beauty; a woman’s beauty is in her remaining faithful to her husband; knowledge is the beauty of an ugly person; forgiveness is the beauty of a saint. "
30 " Of what use is a birth in a high-status family for one who is without learning? Although born in a low-status family, the learned one is worshipped like a god. "
31 " At the end, without a summarized essence an instruction cannot be given; being in the company of the Malaya Mountain does not make a bamboo tree a sandalwood tree. "
32 " A scholar is honoured by the people, a scholar is worshipped everywhere, a learned man enables everyone to profit, learning is everywhere worshipped. "
33 " Discard one for the sake of the family; for the sake of the village, discard the family; discard the village for the sake of the country; for the sake of the Atma, discard the world. "
34 " Meat-eating, alcohol-drinking, foolish, unlearned, beastly men, are burdens whose weight the earth suffers. "
35 " One who does not possess his own awareness, what can scriptures do for him? One who is blind, what can a mirror do for him? "
36 " Without food, the kingdom burns; without Mantra, the priest; without charity, the patron; thus, there is no enemy like a Yagna. "
37 " To make a bad person into a good person, no solution exists on this earth; even if the anus is washed a hundred times, yet it does not become a superior organ. "
38 " Economic activity removes poverty, chanting removes sins, silence removes quarrels, alertness removes fear. "
39 " O liberation desiring! Become aware and discard like poison the subject-object identification; drink the nectar of forgiveness, simplicity, mercy, purity, and truth. "
40 " Due to her extreme beauty, Sita was abducted; due to his extreme pride, Ravana was killed; due to his extreme charity, Bali was bounded; therefore extreme in everything, should be debarred. "