Best Chanakya Quotes

The scepter links one to riches.It is only the proper justice delivered to the People, that links a ruler or a state to riches. If law and order is languid, the source of income like income tax, property tax and business etc. are obstructed . Also the powerful ones start looting the weak. This hampers the overall prosperity of the people. In the absence of scepter, there are no minister(as they become corrupt) If the administration of justice gets neglected, able and honest ministers become rare. Because then corruption becomes the way of life. The corrupt minister take the state to doom. Due to fear of punishment rod, people do not do things which should not be done. Fear of punishment guards the society from the criminals. The curbing, assaulting, fine penalty and sending to jail are the forms of punishmet. If they are properly meted to the criminals, they stop commiting crimes. Then the state is safe and its Dharma, Artha and Kama is protected. Self protecti...

Getting what has not been got, guarding it, developing it and then distributing it, these four constitute state policy. There are four fundamental duties of a ruler to get the benefits which are unavailable. These four duties are to obtain what he does not have, to preserve, and protect what he has obtained, to increase the amount of wealth he has and to invest it for the benefit of his people. politics is a tool of state policy. The practice of political principles is in accordance with a administrative policy. The proper administration in the society or in the kingdom is the duty of the ruler or the administrator. For this he should be adopt in civil and military administration. The financial policy should also be for the welfare of the people. If the law-order situation is pitiable, the ruler fails in his duty. Internal administration and foreign relations are dependent on state policy. The management of the state is two fold. The first one is policy of internal administr...