is enjoyment and charity. 114. Anger is like the lord of death; greed is like the river Vaitarani (which is very difficult to cross over); knowledge is like Kamadhenu, the wish-fulfilling cow; contentment is like the Nandana garden (which is in Heaven). 115. Virtues adorn beauty; character adorns family; success in work adorns knowledge; enjoyment adorns wealth. 116. Beauty is in vain if one has no virtues; family reputation is of no value for one who has no character; knowledge that doesn't give success is in vain; wealth that is not used for enjoyment is also in vain. 117. Wake from sleep the 7 persons mentioned below: student, servant, traveler, a hungry person, a person struck with fear, a porter and watchman. References 1 Here the reference is to the Panchatantra story of the woman who killed a mongoose assuming that it had killed her child. She later learned that the mongoose had in fact saved the child by killing a snake that was about to bite the child. Thus, she had to grieve on account of her thoughtless action. 2 A kalpa is equal to a day of Brahma the creator. This is equal to 1000 yugas or 432 million human years. 3 Hasta is a unit equal to cubit, a measure of length - equal to 24 angulas or about 18 inches, being the distance between the elbow and the tip of the middle finger 4 A type of odourless, beautiful red blossom, that grow on Palasa (Beutea) tree 5 The leaf of piper-betel, which together with the areca-nut, catechu, chunam (lime), and spices is usually chewed after meals. 6 The juice that exudes from the temples of an elephant in rut 7 A karmachandala is a person belonging to the lowest and most despised of the mixed castes originating from a Sudra father and a Brahmana mother – Practical Sanskrit English Dictionary by VS Apte. External links https://www.scribd.com/doc/30425795/Neeti-Saara http://www.inditraders.com/chit-chat/3229-niti-saara.html https://archive.org/details/Niti-sara-CollectionOfSubhashitas-SanskritEnglish Morality Telugu-language literature Telugu poets