What is Chanakya?
{{Copyedit}}[[File:Chanakya_artistic_depiction.jpg|thumb|Chanakya]] '''Chanakya''' (IAST: ''{{IAST|Cāṇakya}}''; c. 350-283 BCE) was an adviser and [[Prime minister]] to [[Chandragupta Maurya]] (c. 340-293 BCE). He played a key role in helping [[Chandragupta Maurya|Chandragupta]] in the establishment of [[Maurya Empire]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mauryan Empire|url=https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/mauryan-empire|access-date=2023-12-21|website=education.nationalgeographic.org|language=en}}</ref> ==Chanakya's Teachings== {{No sources|section of the article}} Shloka 1- '''नात्यन्तं सरलैर्भाव्यं गत्वा पश्य वनस्थलीम् ।छिद्यन्ते सरलास्तत्र कुब्जास्तिष्ठन्ति पादपाः ॥''' English- Do not be very upright in your dealings, as you would see in forest, the straight trees are cut down while the crooked ones are left standing. Shloka 2- '''कः कालः कानि मित्राणि को देशः कौ व्ययागमौ ।कश्चाहं का च मे शक्तिरिति चिन्त्यं मुहुर्मुहुः ॥''' English- Consider again and again the following: the right time, the right friends, the right place, the right means of income, the right ways of spending, and from whom you derive your power. Shloka 3- '''यो ध्रुवाणि परित्यज्य अध्रुवं परिषेवते ।ध्रुवाणि तस्य नश्यन्ति चाध्रुवं नष्टमेव हि ॥ ०१-१३''' English- He who gives up what is imperishable for that which is perishable, loses that which is imperishable; and doubtlessly loses that which is perishable also. Shloka 4- '''गुणैरुत्तमतां याति नोच्चैरासनसंस्थितः। प्रासादशिखरस्थोऽपि काकः किं गरुडायते॥ १६-०६''' English- Greatness comes from good qualities and not from a high position. A crow doesn’t become a Garuda (the chief of the feathered race) just by sitting on the top of a palace. Shloka 5- '''अतिरुपेनावे सिता: अतिगर्वेना उर्वशि अतिदानथा कर्ण पुरुश-श्रेष्ठ निष्पाप सरसवति नारद याति बखान| स्वर्गारोहन परिषेवते सम्राट| अत:पुरुषोत्तम रघुराम, अनाघ याति अयोध्या मे रामराज्य|''' English- There can be no beautiful and compassionate woman like Sita. There can be no beautiful but proudy woman like Urvashi. {{Citation needed span|text=