Chanakya Niti • Chapter 15 • Shloka 18
छिन्नोऽपि चंदनतरुर्न जहाति गन्धं
वृध्दोऽपि वारणपतिर्न जहाति लीलाम् ।
यंत्रार्पितो मधुरतां न जहाति चेक्षुः
क्षीणोऽपि न त्यजति शीलगुणान् कुलीनः ।।
Although sandalwood be cut, it does not forsake its natural quality of fragrance; so also the elephant does not give up sportiveness though he should grow old. The sugarcane does not cease to be sweet though squeezed in a mill; so the man of noble extraction does not lose his lofty qualities, no matter how pinched he is by poverty.
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