Library·Cāṇakya-nīti (adhyāyas 1–15)·15·15.18
छिन्नोऽपि चंदनतरुर्न जहाति गन्धं वृध्दोऽपि वारणपतिर्न जहाति लीलाम् । यंत्रार्पितो मधुरतां न जहाति चेक्षुः क्षीणोऽपि न त्यजति शीलगुणान् कुलीनः
chinno'pi caṃdanatarurna jahāti gandhaṃ vṛdhdo'pi vāraṇapatirna jahāti līlām | yaṃtrārpito madhuratāṃ na jahāti cekṣuḥ kṣīṇo'pi na tyajati śīlaguṇān kulīnaḥ
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) 15.18, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/CanN/15.18), 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.
Sanskrit Wikisource (sa.wikisource.org): the texts are public domain; page markup CC BY-SA 4.0. Devanagari as given on the page; IAST generated mechanically.