Library·Cāṇakya-nīti (adhyāyas 1–15)·8·8.3
दीपो भक्षयते ध्वान्तं कज्जलं च प्रसूयते । यदन्नं भक्ष्यते नित्यं जायते तादृशी प्रजा
dīpo bhakṣayate dhvāntaṃ kajjalaṃ ca prasūyate | yadannaṃ bhakṣyate nityaṃ jāyate tādṛśī prajā
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) 8.3, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/CanN/8.3), 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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