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161 " No water like rainwater, no strength like Atma, no light like eyes, and no beloved like food. "
― Rajen Jani , Old Chanakya Strategy: Aphorisms
162 " The hearts of low men burn with jealous fire upon seeing the fame of others; unable to reach the famed status of others, they start to slander the famous others. "
163 " The poor desire wealth, the four-footed desire speech, humans desire heaven, and the gods desire liberation. "
164 " Bondage is a mind that is attached to objects, and freedom is a mind that is unattached to objects; the mind is the cause for human bondage or freedom. "
165 " Food, sleep, fear, and sexual intercourse, is common in man and animals; knowledge is the extra that makes a man special, without which he is similar to an animal. "
166 " Truth supports the earth, truth heats the sun, truth blows the wind, everything on truth is established. "
167 " Moving is Lakshmi, and the moving Prana also moves from one alive temple to another, in this moving-unmoving world, Dharma alone is unmoving. "
168 " Among men, the barber is cunning; among birds, the crow; among the four-footed, the jackal; among women, cunning is the flower-girl. "
169 " One who gave birth, one who girdles the sacred thread, one who teaches, one who provides food, and one who protects from fear, these five are your fathers, remember. "
170 " Who obtains all happiness as desired by the heart? In God’s control is everything; therefore, contentment is the refuge. "
171 " A king’s wife, a teacher’s wife, a friend’s wife, your wife’s mother, and your own mother, these five are your mothers, remember. "
172 " As in a thousand cows, a calf goes towards its mother; likewise, a performed act goes towards its doer. "
173 " Why are you looking down O woman? What of yours has fallen on the ground? Oh! Oh! Fool! don’t you know, lost is my youth’s jewel! "
174 " By Shruti, righteousness is understood; by Shruti, evil thoughts are discarded; by Shruti, knowledge is acquired; by Shruti, liberation from human bondage is attained. "
175 " Among birds, the crow is degraded; among beasts, the dog; among ascetics, the sinner; and among all, one who criticizes others is degraded. "
176 " Ashes clean brass, copper by tamarind is cleaned, menstruation cleans a woman, a river by its speeding flow is cleaned. "
177 " One who has no stability in his work, is not happy either in society or in a forest; the society burns him with social gatherings, and the forest burns him with the lack of society. "
178 " The wandering king is worshipped, the wandering Brahmin is worshipped, the wandering Yogi is worshipped, but the wandering woman is utterly ruined. "
179 " According to the work the result is obtained, and intelligence also follows work; therefore, discerning persons undertake only such work, which is well-thought out in details. "
180 " Due to wealth a man has friends, due to wealth a man has relatives, due to wealth he alone is called as a man of men, and due to wealth he is respected as a highly learned man. "