Chanakya Niti • Chapter 17 • Shloka 4
लोभश्चेदगुणेन किं पिशुनता यद्यस्ति किं पातकैः
सत्यं यत्तपसा च किं शुचिमनो यद्यस्ति तीर्थेन किम् ।
सौजन्यं यदि किं गुणैः सुमहिमा यद्यस्ति किं मण्डनैः
सद्विद्या यदि किं धनैरपयशौ यद्यस्ति किं मृत्युना ।।
What vice could be worse than covetousness? What is more sinful than slander? For one who is truthful, what need is there for austerity? For one who has a clean heart, what is the need for pilgrimage? If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation? What need is there for wealth for the man of practical knowledge? And if a man is dishonoured, what could there be worse in death?
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