Pearls of Wisdom from Acharya Chanakya , will help us guide us in all walks of life. Though ancient, the knowledge is still very much relevant and indispensable. , Samples \ Those parents are enemies of children who doesn''t educate them. Because the un-educated in a gathering of educated are same as a crane in the gathering of swans. - , Like peace there is no austerity, and there is no happiness like contentment. No disease like greed, no religion like mercy. , , - Between a wicked person and a snake, a snake is less harmful and better. Snake bites only once, but a wicked person causes misery at every step. , , Being utterly beautiful led to Sita''s kidnap, being excessive proud lead to Ravan''s destruction, being utmost charitable was detrimental to Bali. Hence the abundance/excessiveness of anything is bad. , , / Anybody who is from India knows Chanakya (also called Kauilya or Vishnugupta), the suave knowledgable Pandit, who founded one of the major empire''s in India (in 4th centure BCE). Mind it it was done against a mightly empire starting from ground zero.Chanakya assisted the first Mauryan emperor Chandragupta in his rise to power. Chanakya served as the chief advisor to both emperors Chandragupta and his son Bindusara. He is renowned for his intellect and the knowledge of worldly affairs.In Chanakya Niti he has compiled shlokas (couplets) in seventeen chapters which contain his ideas on how to live and behave in this world. The text though ancient, is still very relevant. Hope the readers will learn a lot from the book and they also will thoroughly enjoy the book.The book contains the original text in Sanskrit with translations in English and Hindi. ( ) . i
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