[Advaita-l] Re: Advaita-l Digest, Vol 40, Issue 15

[Abhishek RK]

Namaste,

On 8/16/06, Antharyami <sathvatha at gmail.com> wrote:
> calA lakshmIshca - ever distorting (anithya) is wealth.
> calA prAna - so do the prAna (not that is eternal)
> calam jIvita yauvanam - yauvanam here tends to mean static ? jIva is
> distorted or does it claim that the youthfulness of jIva is anithya ?
> calAcale ca samsAre - emphatically  ascribes anithya to samsAra
> dharma Eko hi nishcalah - apparentlly its evident to regard dharma alone is
> self settled.

That is more or less what I undersand of this shloka.

> Also kindly let me know the source for this sloka.

It is from Chanakya Neeti.

Regards,
Abhishek

-- 
satyena dhAryate pR^ithvi satyena tapate raviH|
satyena vAti vAyushca sarvaM satye pratishThitam||

calA lakShmIshcalAH prANAshcalaM jIvita yauvanaM|
calAcale ca saMsAre dharma eko hi nishcalaH||