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राम

अध्यायः 8

Chapter 8 · Verse 18

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कौटिल्यं यस्य नास्तीति व्रते मूर्खेतितं जनः । न स्वार्थकुशलो धूर्तो वञ्चनीयोऽमुना जनः ॥ १८॥

IAST

kauṭilyaṃ yasya nāstīti vrate mūrkhetitaṃ janaḥ | na svārthakuśalo dhūrto vañcanīyo'munā janaḥ || 18||

English

‘People call someone “foolish” when she has no crookedness in her conduct, is not a schemer skilled only in self-interest, and has no wish to deceive others.’