Chanakya Neethi · Traditional devotional text · Source: vignanam.org (Traditional devotional text (public-domain shlokas))
anṛtaṃ sāhasaṃ māyā mūrkhatvamatilōbhitā । aśauchatvaṃ nirdayatvaṃ strīṇāṃ dōṣāḥ svabhāvajāḥ ॥ 01 ॥
bhōjyaṃ bhōjanaśaktiścha ratiśaktirvarāṅganā । vibhavō dānaśaktiścha nālpasya tapasaḥ phalam ॥ 02 ॥
yasya putrō vaśībhūtō bhāryā Chandānugāminī । vibhavē yaścha santuṣṭastasya svarga ihaiva hi ॥ 03 ॥
tē putrā yē piturbhaktāḥ sa pitā yastu pōṣakaḥ । tanmitraṃ yatra viśvāsaḥ sā bhāryā yatra nirvṛtiḥ ॥ 04 ॥
parōkṣē kāryahantāraṃ pratyakṣē priyavādinam । varjayēttādṛśaṃ mitraṃ viṣakumbhaṃ payōmukham ॥ 05 ॥
na viśvasētkumitrē cha mitrē chāpi na viśvasēt । kadāchitkupitaṃ mitraṃ sarvaṃ guhyaṃ prakāśayēt ॥ 06 ॥
manasā chintitaṃ kāryaṃ vāchā naiva prakāśayēt । mantrēṇa rakṣayēdgūḍhaṃ kāryē chāpi niyōjayēt ॥ 07 ॥
kaṣṭaṃ cha khalu mūrkhatvaṃ kaṣṭaṃ cha khalu yauvanam । kaṣṭātkaṣṭataraṃ chaiva paragēhanivāsanam ॥ 08 ॥
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