Chanakaya words........

A wicked wife, a false friend, a saucy servant and living in a house with a serpent in it are nothing but death.

One should save his money against hard times, save his wife at the sacrifice of his riches, but invariably, one should save his soul even at the sacrifice of his wife and riches

Save your wealth against future calamity. Do not say “What fear has a rich man of calamity?” When riches begin to forsake one even the accumulated stock dwindles away.

Do not inhabit a country where you are not respected, cannot earn livelihood have no friends, or cannot acquire knowledge.

Do not stay for a single day where there are not these five persons: a wealthy man a brahmana well versed in Vedic lore, a king, a river and a physician

Wise men should never go into a country where here are no means of earning one’s livelihood, where the people have no dread of anybody, have no sense of shame, no intelligence, or a charitable disposition

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune

He is a true friend who does not forsake us in time of need, misfortune, famine or war, in a king’s court, or at the crematorium.

He, who gives up what is imperishable for that, which is perishable, loses that which is imperishable; and doubtlessly loses that which is perishable too.

Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family

Even from poison extract nectar, was and take back gold if it has fallen in filth, receive the highest knowledge from a low born person; so also girl possessing virtuous qualities even if she is born in a disreputable family.

Women have hunger two fold, shyness four fold, daring 6 fold and lust 8 fold as compared to men

Untruthfulness, rashness, guile, stupidity, avarice, un-cleanliness and cruelty are a woman’s seven natural flaws.

To have ability for eating when dishes are ready at hand, to be robust and virile in the company of one’s religiously wedded wife, and to have a mind for making charity when one is prosperous are the fruits of no ordinary austerities.

He whose son is obedient to him, whose wife’s conduct is in accordance with his wishes, and who is content with his riches, has his heaven here on earth.

They alone are some who are devoted to their father. He is a father who supports his sons. He is friend in whom we can confide, and she only is a wife in whose company the husband feels contented and peaceful.

Avoid him who speaks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like pitcher of poison with milk on the top.

Do not put your trust in a bad companion nor even trust an ordinary friend, for if he should get angry with you, he may bring all your secrets to life.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise counsel keep it secret, being determined to carry it into execution.

Foolishness is indeed painful, and verily so is youth, but more painful by far than either is being obliged in another person’s house.

Wise men should always bring up their sons in various moral ways, for children who have knowledge of niti-shastra and are all behaved become a glory to their family.

Those parents who do not educate their sons are their enemies; for as is a crane among swans, so are ignorant sons in a public assembly.

Many a bad habit is developed through over indulgence, and many a good one by chastisement, therefore beat your own son as well as pupil; never indulge them
(Spare the rod and spoil the child)

Let not a single day pass without your learning verse, half a verse, or a fourth of it, or even one letter of it, nor without attending to charity, study and other pious activity.

Separation from the wife, disgrace from one’s own people, an enemy saved in battle, service to wicked king, poverty, and a mismanaged assembly: these six kinds of evils, if afflicting a person, burn him even without fire

A Brahmin’s strength is in his learning is in his learning, a king’s strength is in his army, a vaishya’s strength is in his wealth and a shudra’s strength is in his attitude of service.

The prostitute has to forsake a man who has no money, the subject a king that cannot defend him, the birds a tree that bears no fruit and the guests a house after they have finished their meals.

Brahmins quit their patrons after receiving alms from them, scholars leave their teachers after receiving education from them, and animals desert a forest that has been burnt down.
He who befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision impure and who is notoriously crooked is rapidly ruined.

Friendship between equals flourishes; service under a kind is respectable, it is good to be business minded in public dealings.

A man’s descent may be discerned by his conduct, his country by his pronunciation of their language, his friendship by his warmth and glow, and his capacity to his eat by his body.

Of a rascal and serpent, the serpent is the better of the two, for he strikes only at the tie he is destined to kill, while the former at every step.

At the time of the pralaya the oceans exceed their limits and seek to change, but a saintly man never changes

Do not keep company with a fool for we can see he is a two legged beast. Like an unseen thorn he pierces the heart with his sharp words.

Though men be endowed with beauty and youth and born in noble families, yet without education they are like the palasa flower, which is void of sweet fragrance

The beauty of a cuckoo is in its notes that of a woman in her unalloyed devotion to her husband, that of an ugly person in his scholarship, and that of an ascetic in his forgiveness.

Give up a member to save a family, a family to save a village, a village to save a country, and the country to save yourself

There is no poverty fir the industrious. Sin does not attach himself to the person practicing japa. Those who are absorbed in maunam have no quarrel with others. They are fearless who remain alert.

Fondle with a son until he is five years of age, and use the stick for another ten years, but when he has attained his sixteenth year treat him as a friend.

He who runs away from a fearful calamity, a foreign invasion, a terrible famine and the companionship of wicked men is safe.

He who has not acquired one of the following : religious merit (dharma), wealth(artha), satisfaction of desires (kama) or liberation (moksa) is repeatedly born to die.

These five: the life span, the type of work wealth, learning and the time of one’s death are determined while one is in the womb.

Fish, tortoises and birds bring up their young by means of sight, attention and touch; so do saintly men afford protection to their associates by the same means.

As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is imminent what can you do?

Learning is the cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons. Like a mother, it feeds you on your journey. Therefore learning is a hidden treasure.

When one is consumed by the sorrows of life, three things give him relief: offspring, a wife and the company of the Lord’s devotees.

Religious austerities should be practiced alone, study by two, and singing by three. A journey be undertaken by four, agriculture with five, and war by many together.

Scriptural lessons not put into practice are poison; a meal is poison to whim who suffers from indigestion, a social gathering is poison to a poverty stricken person; and a young wife is poison to an aged man.

Constant travel brings old age upon a man; a horse becomes old by being constantly tied up; lack of sexual contact with her husband brings old age upon a woman; and garments become old through being left in the sun.

Consider again and again the following:
The right time, The right friends, The right place, The right means of income, The right way of spending, and from whom you derive your power.