SRI CHANAKYA NITI SASTRA - CHAPTER TEN & ELEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT & NINE CHAPTER TWELVE & THIRTEEN Chapter 10 1. One destitute of wealth is not destitute, he is indeed rich (if he is learned); but the man devoid of learning is destitute in every way. 2. We should carefully scrutinise that place upon which we step (having it ascertained to be free from filth and living creatures like insects, etc.); we should drink water which has been filtered (through a clean cloth); we should speak only those words which have the sanction of the satras; and do that act which we have carefully considered. 3. He who desires sense gratification must give up all thoughts of acquiring knowledge; and he who seeks knowledge must not hope for sense gratification. How can he who seeks sense gratification acquire knowledge, and he who possesses knowledge enjoy mundane sense pleasure? 4. What is it that escapes the observation of poets? What is that act women are incapable of doing? W