Q. Why don't you know about Sanskrit? Are you a fool? I think You are not. Why?
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Manvi sharma
How not to be a fool as taught by Sanskrit
May 28·4 min read
I am Manvi sharma, a student of the ancient language of India — Sanskrit.
Sanskrit has a 3,500-year old history, this is enough to tell us about the richness and depth of Sanskrit literature.
For example, lessons on Yoga (Yog Sutra), Philosophy (Brahma Sutra), Economics (Arth Shastra), Strategy (Chanakya Niti) and much more have been written and compiled in Sanskrit language. There is an ocean of knowledge hidden in Sanskrit literature waiting to be explored.
Unfortunately, not a vast majority of the world population is familiar with the Sanskrit language. Through my series of blogs, I will be an enabler and share with you this knowledge contained in Sanskrit text particularly in the area of philosophy.
In this blog, I pick up five Shloks (epic verses) from NITI SHATAKAM. NITI SHATAKAM is the book of lyrical poetry which contains verses on the power of wealth, the haughtiness of rulers, the futility of greed, the vicissitudes of fate, and so on. I have picked the Shloks which attempt to describe a fool.
Think of them as DONTs of life