यस्यार्थस्तस्यमित्राणि यस्यार्थस्तस्य बांधवा:।
यस्यार्थ: स पुमांल्लोके यस्यार्थ: स च पण्डित: ।।
Yassyaarthsstrassyamittraani Yassyaarthasstasya Baandhavah |
Yassyarthah Sa Pumaamlloke Yassyaarthah Sa cha panditah ||
He who has money, also has many friends and relations - is also deemed a great man and a scholar.
While this aphorism of Chanakya is in direct contradiction with his earlier saying, in which he asserts that a great man is the one who doesn’t care for money, but for honour, this may be his way of comparing what ought to be, with what is in the reality.
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