Library·Cāṇakya-nīti (adhyāyas 1–15)·5·5.21
नराणां नापितो धूर्तः पक्षिणां चैव वायसः । चतुष्पदां श्रृगालस्तु स्त्रीणां धुर्ता च मालिनी
narāṇāṃ nāpito dhūrtaḥ pakṣiṇāṃ caiva vāyasaḥ | catuṣpadāṃ śrṛgālastu strīṇāṃ dhurtā ca mālinī
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) 5.21, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/CanN/5.21), 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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