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

Chanakya Neeti - First Chapter
stay , single , day , where , five
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A wise man should marry a virgin of a respectable family even if she is deformed. He should not marry one of a low-class family, through beauty. Marriage in a family of equal status is preferable.

Chanakya Neeti - First Chapter
wise , man , should , marry , respectable
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Even a pandit comes to grief by giving instruction to a foolish disciple, by maintaining a wicked wife, and by excessive familiarity with the miserable.

Chanakya Neeti - First Chapter
even , grief , giving , instruction , foolish
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Do not inhabit a country where you are not respected, cannot earn your livelihood, have no friends, or cannot acquire knowledge.

Chanakya Neeti - First Chapter
inhabit , country , where , you , cannot
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Humbly bowing down before the almighty lord sri vishnu, the lord of the three worlds, I recite maxims of the science of political ethics (niti) selected from the various satras (scriptures).

Chanakya Neeti - First Chapter
humbly , bowing , down , before , almighty
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Wise men should never go into a country where there 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.

Chanakya Neeti - First Chapter
wise , men , should , never , go
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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.

Chanakya Neeti - First Chapter
save , your , wealth , against , future
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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.

Chanakya Neeti - First Chapter
should , save , his , money , against
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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 (smasana).

Chanakya Neeti - First Chapter
he , true , friend , who , does
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Even from poison extract nectar, wash and take back gold if it has fallen in filth, receive the highest knowledge (krsna consciousness) from a low born person; so also a girl possessing virtuous qualities (stri-ratna) even if she were born in a disreputable family.

Chanakya Neeti - First Chapter
even , poison , extract , wash , take
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Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men.

Chanakya Neeti - First Chapter
women , hunger , shyness , daring , lust
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Therefore with an eye to the public good, I shall speak that which, when understood, will lead to an understanding of things in their proper perspective.

Chanakya Neeti - First Chapter
therefore , eye , public , shall , speak
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A wicked wife, a false friend, a saucy servant and living in a house with a serpent in it are nothing but death.

Chanakya Neeti - First Chapter
wicked , false , saucy , servant , living
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That man who by the study of these maxims from the satras acquires a knowledge of the most celebrated principles of duty, and understands what ought and what ought not to be followed, and what is good and what is bad, is most excellent.

Chanakya Neeti - First Chapter
man , who , study , maxims , knowledge
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Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.

Chanakya Neeti - First Chapter
put , your , trust , men , who