Sayings from Arthasastra of Chanakya; September 2025 Calendar (Post No.14,922)

Written by London Swaminathan

Post No. 14,922

Date uploaded in London –  31 August 2025

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Festivals:

·         Onam – September 5

·         Chandra grahana-lunar eclipse -7

·         Pitru Paksha Shradh Begins – September 8

·         Bharatiyar Memorial Day 11

·         Mahalaya Amavasyai – September 21

·         Navratri Begins – September 22

·         Durga Ashtami – September 30

Pitru Paksha is a 16-day period dedicated to honouring ancestors. 

Ekadasi fasting days- 3,17; Auspicious day -4;

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Quotes are taken from website; for more quotations please go to the website.

September 1 Monday

Beauty is spoiled by an immoral nature; noble birth by bad conduct; learning, without being perfected and wealth by not being properly utilised.

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September 2 Tuesday

Low class men desire wealth; middle class men both wealth and respect; but the noble, honour only; hence honour is the noble man’s true wealth.

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September 3 Wednesday

Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills.

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September 4 Thursday

The power of a king lies in his mighty arms;that of a brahmana in his spiritual knowledge; and that of a woman in her beauty youth and sweet words.

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September 5 Friday

Swans live wherever there is water, and leave the place when water dries up; let not a man act so — and comes and goes as he pleases.

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September 6 Saturday 

Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.

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September 7 Sunday

He who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man.

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September 8 Monday

She is a true wife who is clean (suci), expert, chaste, pleasing to the husband, and truthful.

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September 9 Tuesday

When one is consumed by the sorrows of life, three things give him relief: offspring, a wife, and the company of the Lord’s devotees.

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September 10 Wednesday

Learning is like a cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons. Like a mother, it feeds you on your journey. Therefore learning is a hidden treasure.

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September 11 Thursday

As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is imminent what can you do?

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September 12 Friday

He who runs away from a fearful calamity, a foreign invasion, a terrible famine, and the companionship of wicked men is safe.

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September 13 Saturday 

Do not keep company with a fool for as we can see he is a two-legged beast.Like an unseen thorn he pierces the heart with his sharp words.

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September 14 Sunday

At the time of the pralaya (universal destruction)the oceans are to exceed their limits and seek to change, but a saintly man never changes.

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September 15 Monday

He who befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision impure, and who is notoriously crooked, is rapidly ruined.

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September 16 Tuesday

Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.

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September 17 Wednesday

Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.

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September 18 Thursday

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.

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September 19 Friday

As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

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September 20 Saturday 

The earth is supported by the power of truth; it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow; indeed all things rest upon truth.

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September 21 Sunday

The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.

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September 22 Monday

Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and the of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.

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September 23 Tuesday

When there are many enemies, treaty should be entered into with one.

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September 24 Wednesday

A thing may be dreaded as long as it has not overtaken you, but once it has come upon you, try to get rid of it without hesitation.

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September 25 Thursday

The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.

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September 26 Friday

Learning is a friend on the journey; a wife in the house; medicine in sickness; and religious merit is the only friend after death.

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September 27 Saturday 

The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.

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September 28 Sunday

By means of hearing one understands dharma, malignity vanishes, knowledge is acquired, and liberation from material bondage is gained.

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September 29 Monday

Time perfects all living beings as well as kills them; it alone is awake when all others are asleep. Time is insurmountable.

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September 30 Tuesday

He who gives up shyness in monetary dealings, in acquiring knowledge, in eating and in business, becomes happy.

–Subham-

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