DAY 247
The Wealth No One Can Steal
기원후 5세기경(바르트리하리 니티샤타카류 전승)
ORIGINAL
न चौरहार्यं न च राजहार्यं न भ्रातृभाज्यं न च भारकारि । व्यये कृते वर्धत एव नित्यं विद्याधनं सर्वधनप्रधानम् ॥ (na cauraharyaṃ na ca rājaharyaṃ na bhrātṛbhājyaṃ na ca bhārakāri, vyaye kṛte vardhata eva nityaṃ vidyādhanaṃ sarvadhanapradhānam)
📜 THE VERSE
No thief can steal it, no king can seize it, no sibling can divide it away, and it burdens no one — the more it is spent, the more it grows: learning is the foremost of all wealth.
❓ TODAY'S QUESTION
Among the things I have gathered, which one can never be taken from me?
📝Reflection
Wealth gets stolen, taxed, and shrunk in family disputes. But what we carry in the mind survives borders, fires, and inheritance quarrels. More striking still, the ordinary rule that spending depletes wealth is reversed here: the more we teach and share it, the deeper this treasure grows. That reversal is the quiet delight of this short verse.
— ONGO · Curator
🌱Apply It Today
Share one thing you learned today with someone else, and notice whether it shrinks or grows.
📖 Source:
Subhashita (Traditional Sanskrit Maxims).
Sanskrit original with public-domain translations consulted; rendered independently by ONGO.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
