हस्ती हस्तसहस्रेण शतास्तें वाजिन:।
शृङ्गिनी दशहस्तेन देशत्यागेन दुर्जन: ।।
Hastee Hastasahastrena Shathasten Vaajinah |
Shringinee Dashahasten Deshttyaagen Durjanah ||
Keep the distance of one thousand hands between an elephant and yourself, one hundred hands between a horse and yourself, ten hands between the animals with horn and yourself and a full country between the wicked and yourself
Chanakya has used the measure of the hand’s length only to make objective a subjective assertion. In short, he tries to bring home his point that the wicked is far more dangerous than all the basts.
Keeping “full country between yourself and the wicked” means that one shouldn’t stay in the land inhabited by the wicked.
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