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Chanakya Niti 13.16

13.16 Chanakya

अनवस्थितकार्यस्य न जने न वने सुखम् । जनो दहति संसर्गाद्वनं संगविवर्जनात् ॥

anavasthitakāryasya na jane na vane sukham | jano dahati saṃsargādvanaṃ saṃgavivarjanāt ||

For one whose affairs are unsettled there is no happiness among people or in the forest: people burn him through contact, and the forest through lack of company.

जिसका कार्य (मन) स्थिर नहीं है, उसे न लोगों के बीच सुख है न वन में: लोग संगति से जलाते हैं और वन अकेलेपन से।

Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ

If your mind has no settled direction, changing your surroundings will not fix it. Crowds will irritate you and solitude will feel empty; the steadiness has to come from within.

अगर मन की कोई स्थिर दिशा नहीं, तो जगह बदलने से बात नहीं बनेगी। भीड़ खिजाएगी और अकेलापन खाली लगेगा; स्थिरता भीतर से आनी होगी।

Chanakya says a person of unsettled purpose finds peace neither in society nor in solitude.

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