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141 " Oh! Say how strange is the nature of great-souled people! They consider wealth as light as a straw; however, under its weight they humbly bend down in salutation! "
― Rajen Jani , Old Chanakya Strategy: Aphorisms
142 " The fool envies the learned, the poor envies the rich, the kept-woman envies the family woman, the widow envies the married. "
143 " By laziness, the usefulness of knowledge is damaged; by others controlling one’s own wealth, the convenience of wealth is damaged; by sowing little seed, the field is damaged; by having no commander, the army is damaged. "
144 " Practice reveals knowledge, conduct reveals lineage, qualities reveal virtue, eyes reveal anger. "
145 " This attachment only is fearful, this attachment only causes sorrow, attachment is the root of sorrow, one who discards attachment becomes happy. "
146 " Prior to the arrival of the expected problem, one who applies various solutions to solve it; and when an unexpected problem arrives, one who can apply its correct solution immediately; both of these persons progress happily; but the fatalist is destroyed, as he does nothing and simply leaves everything to fate. "
147 " Which vice can be worse than greed? What can be more sinful than slander? For a truthful person, wherein is the need for austerity? For a person with a pure heart, wherein is the need for a pilgrimage? For a person who gives and gets respect from others, wherein is the need for acquiring other virtue? For a man decorated with fame, of what value is other ornamentation? For a man having true knowledge, wherein is the need for wealth? For a man dishonoured, what could be worse in death? "
148 " Wealth protects religion, application protects knowledge, gentleness protects a king, a good woman protects a home. "
149 " If the king is righteous then the subjects are also righteous, if the king is wicked then the subjects are also wicked, if the king is equally righteous and wicked, then the subjects are also equally righteous and wicked, the subjects behave according to the behaviour of the king, as the king is, likewise are the subjects. "
150 " When a man is devoid of strength, he becomes an ascetic; when a man is without wealth, he behaves like a celibate; when a man is sick, he becomes a devotee of god; and when a woman grows old, she becomes faithful to her husband. "
151 " Unnecessarily disrespecting the knowledge of the Vedas, unnecessarily devaluing the expertise of the Shastras, unnecessarily deriding men of peaceful disposition; such people come to sorrow unnecessarily. "
152 " Charity destroys poverty, righteous conduct destroys misery, awareness destroys ignorance, feeling destroys fear. "
153 " No disease like lust, no enemy like attachment, no fire like anger, no happiness like highest knowledge. "
154 " Although apparently alive but devoid of righteousness, to me that person is dead; and although dead but was filled with righteousness, that person lives long, without doubt. "
155 " The snake has poison in its fang, the fly on its head, the scorpion in its tail, but an evil person is poisonous in all parts. "
156 " Birth and death are faced alone, reaped alone are good and bad deeds, to hell descends one alone, alone one ascends to the highest heaven. "
157 " Insignificant is heaven to knowers of Brahma, insignificant is life to the brave, insignificant are women to the conqueror of senses, insignificant is the world to the unattached. "
158 " Knowledge is a friend during a journey, a wife is a friend in the house, medicine is a friend in sickness, righteousness is a friend in death. "
159 " Useless is rain to the sea, useless is food to the satiated, useless is a donation to the rich, and useless is a lamp to the sun. "
160 " In whose heart the desire to benefit others is always active; his troubles are destroyed and he receives wealth at each step. "