Chanakya Niti • Chapter 17 • Shloka 5
पिता रत्नाकरो यस्य लक्ष्मीर्यस्य सहोदरी ।
शञ्खो भिक्षाटनं कुर्यान्न दत्तमुपतिष्ठति ।।
Though the sea, which is the reservoir of all jewels, is the father of the conch shell, and the Goddess of fortune Lakshmi is conch's sister, still the conch must go from door to door for alms (in the hands of a beggar). It is true, therefore, that one gains nothing without having given in the past.
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