Library·Cāṇakya-nīti (adhyāyas 1–15)·12·12.3

Cāṇakya-nīti (adhyāyas 1–15) 12.3

CanN 12.3

दाक्षिण्यं स्वजने दया परजने शाठ्यं सदा दुर्जने प्रीतिःसाधुजने स्मयः खलजने विद्वज्जने चार्जवम् । शौर्यं शत्रुजने क्षमा गुरुजने नारीजने धूर्तता इत्थं ये पुरुषा कलासु कुशलास्तेष्वे लोकस्थितिः

dākṣiṇyaṃ svajane dayā parajane śāṭhyaṃ sadā durjane prītiḥsādhujane smayaḥ khalajane vidvajjane cārjavam | śauryaṃ śatrujane kṣamā gurujane nārījane dhūrtatā itthaṃ ye puruṣā kalāsu kuśalāsteṣve lokasthitiḥ

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) 12.3, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/CanN/12.3), after Sanskrit Wikisource: चाणक्यनीतिः (1 page; revision ids 414528, full list in content/corpus/wikisource cache),….

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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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