जन · Chapter Overview
From Chāṇakya Nīti — The Verses of Practical Wisdom, taught by Acharya T Krishnatrey. This lesson is free to read.
<pre data-block="statement">What this chapter covers | This chapter is Chāṇakya's sharpest lens — on people: who truly helps, who merely looks like a friend, and how to tell before it costs you. Its verses name the four friends for life's four terrains, with dharma alone crossing the gate of death (5.15); rank the wicked as more dangerous than a serpent, which strikes only once (3.4); mark three relationships that sink even the learned (1.4); show that one worthy child, like one blossoming tree, perfumes the whole (3.14); and map the three ages of parenting from indulgence through discipline to friendship (3.18).</pre>