Library·Cāṇakya-nīti (adhyāyas 1–15)·10·10.13
विप्रो वृक्षस्तस्य मूलं च सन्ध्या वेदाः शाखा धर्मकर्माणि पत्रम् । तस्मात् मूलं यत्नो रक्षणीयम् छिन्ने मूले नैव शाखा न पत्रम्
vipro vṛkṣastasya mūlaṃ ca sandhyā vedāḥ śākhā dharmakarmāṇi patram | tasmāt mūlaṃ yatno rakṣaṇīyam chinne mūle naiva śākhā na patram
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
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Cite as: Cāṇakya-nīti (adhyāyas 1–15) 10.13, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/CanN/10.13), after Sanskrit Wikisource: चाणक्यनीतिः (1 page; revision ids 414528, full list in content/corpus/wikisource cache),….
Sanskrit Wikisource: चाणक्यनीतिः (1 page; revision ids 414528, full list in content/corpus/wikisource cache) — Reference = adhyāya.verse; the page holds fifteen adhyāyas. The collection is traditionally ascribed to Cāṇakya and circulates in several versions.
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