Tag: Mistakes in Life
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Assessing the Situation?
A house having a venomous snake is not suitable for living. In the same manner, a home having an ill-tempered wife with low morals, with a deceitful friend, or with an impolite and talkative servant is also not suitable for living. Chapter 1 Chanakya Neeti When it comes to things like snake or fire, we…
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Do It Nicely Otherwise Don’t
Everyone desires success in life and it is something that cannot be bought from the market. The recipe is simple and still most of us fail to cook it right. This article might help you in finding an answer. Acharya Chanakya was very practical in his approach and he emphasized a lot on “Why?”. He…
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Enemies Target Your Weakness
This is not a new discovery that enemies hurt where it hurts most. Also, it is true that enemies usually don’t strike at bases which they consider as strong. This is so because: Weaknesses can be easily exploited using fewer efforts. The probability of success is more when a person targets weakness of someone or…
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If You Desire to Save Your Wealth?
Money is definitely not the most important thing in life, but certainly it is one of the most important things. Most of the modern day activities revolve around money. Life without money or with less money is possible, but it will be comparatively painful. The amount of money in most of the cases will determine…
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Be Your Own Strength
” महात्मना परेण साहसमं न कर्तव्यम् ” is one of the very important chanakya sutra. In hindi it means ” महात्मा पुरुष दूसरो के साहस पर भरोस न करे ” and in English language it means “Good men should not depend on the strength/valor of others“. The very clear message of this inspirational quote is that a…
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Why The Sandalwood Tree Burnt?
“चन्दनानपि दावोऽग्निर्दहत्येव।” is the inspirational Chanakya quote (चाणक्य सूत्र) that we will be discussing today. The English and Hindi Translations are stated below: The forest fire burns even trees like sandalwood. दावानल चन्दन अदि को भी जला देती है । This spiritual quote has multiple interpretations. Have a look… Things affecting people around you will gradually…
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Conformity: The Basic Behaviour
The literature as well as life of Acharya Chanakya is full of inspirational messages. Today we will be discussing another interesting quote by him. गतानुगतिको लोको। लोग एक दुसरे का अनुपालन करते हैं। People influence/imitate people. A well known fact is that we humans are sophisticated social animals and whatever we do affects one another. What most…
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Intelligent Men Control Greed
Majority of the Chanakya quotes on wisdom are quite easy to understand and even this one. तृष्णया मतिश्छाद्यते। तृष्णा बुद्धि पर आवरण डाल देता है। Greed/thirst puts a cover on intelligence. In order to validate this Chanakya Sutra, you can try recalling a few mistakes from your past. On doing so you will find that…
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The Real Significance of Courage
” साहसेन न कर्यसिद्धिर्भवति | ” is the inspirational quote that we will be discussing in this article. The Hindi and English translations are stated below. केवल साहस द्वारा कार्य सिद्ध नहीं होते| Only Courage cannot lead you to Victory . Without doubt courage is mandatory to attain success in life. Still, it must be…
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A Solution Does Not Complicates The Work
Today’s Chanakya Quote for Discussion: Sanskrit Hindi English उपायपूर्वं न दुष्करं स्यात् | उपाय से कार्य कठिन नहीं होता | A Solution Does Not Complicates The Work Let’s dig deeper… Here, Acharya Chanakya is trying to convey two simple ideas: Begin a task after proper planning. Ensure that the finalized solution is effective, feasible, and…