Chanakya Neeti

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11.  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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12.  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. ("Spare the rod and spoil the child.") 

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13.  Let not a single day pass without your learning a verse, half a verse, or

a fourth of it, or even one letter of it; nor without attending to charity,

study and other pious activity. 

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14.  Separation from the wife, disgrace from one's own people, an enemy

saved in battle, service to a wicked king, poverty, and a mismanaged

assembly: these six kinds of evils, if afflicting a person, burn him even

without fire. 

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15.  Trees on a river bank, a woman in another man's house, and kings

without counsellors go without doubt to swift destruction. 

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16.  A brahmana's strength is in his learning, a king's strength is in his

army, a vaishya's strength is in his wealth and a shudra's strength is in

his attitude of service. 

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17.  The prostitute has to forsake a man who has no money, the subject a

king that cannot defend him, the birds in a tree that bears no fruit, and

the guests in a house after they have finished their meals. 

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18.  Brahmanas quit their patrons after receiving alms from them, scholars

leave their teachers after receiving education from them, and animals 

desert a forest that has been burnt down.

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19.  He who befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision 

impure, and who is notoriously crooked, is rapidly ruined.

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20.  Friendship between equals flourishes, service under a king is 

  

respectable, it is good to be business-minded in public dealings, and a

handsome lady is safe in her own home. 

 

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CHAPTER THREE

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1.  In this world, whose family is there without blemish? Who is free from 

sickness and grief? Who is forever happy?

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2.  A man's descent may be discerned by - his conduct, his country by his 

pronunciation of language, his friendship by his warmth and glow, and

his capacity to eat by his body. 

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3.  Give your daughter in marriage to a good family, engage your son in

learning, see that your enemy comes to grief, and engage your friends

in dharma. (Krsna consciousness). 

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4.  Of a rascal and a serpent, the serpent is the better of the two, for he

strikes only at the time he is destined to kill, while the former at every

step.