Library·Cāṇakya-nīti (adhyāyas 1–15)·11·11.8
न वेत्ति तो यस्य गुण प्रकर्ष स तं सदा निन्दति नाऽत्र चित्रम् । यथा किरती करिकुम्भलब्धां मुक्तां परित्यज्य बिभर्ति गुञ्जाम्
na vetti to yasya guṇa prakarṣa sa taṃ sadā nindati nā'tra citram | yathā kiratī karikumbhalabdhāṃ muktāṃ parityajya bibharti guñjām
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) 11.8, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/CanN/11.8), 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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