Library·Cāṇakya-nīti (adhyāyas 1–15)·12·12.9

Cāṇakya-nīti (adhyāyas 1–15) 12.9

CanN 12.9

विप्राऽस्मिन्नगरे महान् कथयकस्तालद्रुमाणां गणः को दाता रजको ददाति वसनं प्रातर्गृ हीत्वा निशि । को दक्षः परवित्तदारहरणे सर्वोऽपि दक्षो जनः कस्माज्जीवसि हे सखे विष कृमिन्यायेन जीवाम्यहम्

viprā'sminnagare mahān kathayakastāladrumāṇāṃ gaṇaḥ ko dātā rajako dadāti vasanaṃ prātargṛ hītvā niśi | ko dakṣaḥ paravittadāraharaṇe sarvo'pi dakṣo janaḥ kasmājjīvasi he sakhe viṣa kṛminyāyena jīvāmyaham

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) 12.9, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/CanN/12.9), 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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