आहार निद्रा भय मैथुनं च समानम् एतत् पशुभिः नराणाम्
aahaara nidraa bhaya maithunaM cha samaanam etat pashubhiH naraaNaam
धर्मः हि तेषाम् अधिकः विशेषः धर्मेण हिनाः पशुभिः समानाः - चाणक्य नीति
dharmaH hi teShaam adhikaH visheShaH dharmeNa hinaaH pashubhiH samaanaaH
Food, sleep, fear and procreation - these are equal in animals and humans.
Virtue (dharma) alone is distinctive in them.
Those who avoid dharma are equal to animals.
Eating when hungry, sleeping, fear, procreation - these traits are common to both animals and humans. So, what is the difference between animals and humans?
Just being educated do not qualify one person as an educated, What sets humans apart is their ability to follow a path of virtue (dharma). Their intellect, paves way for them to think what is good and what is bad.A true human sticks to the one that qualifies as dharma. That ability of decision making in coherence of dharma, are what makes him human. Else, he would be showing the same traits as the rest of the beings, which are called animals. Hence, if one doesn't follow the path of virtue, he is as good as an animal!
The one faculty that sets us apart from other beings is dharma. Do not forgo that for any reason.
Be human, follow dharma.
aahaara nidraa bhaya maithunaM cha samaanam etat pashubhiH naraaNaam
धर्मः हि तेषाम् अधिकः विशेषः धर्मेण हिनाः पशुभिः समानाः - चाणक्य नीति
dharmaH hi teShaam adhikaH visheShaH dharmeNa hinaaH pashubhiH samaanaaH
Food, sleep, fear and procreation - these are equal in animals and humans.
Virtue (dharma) alone is distinctive in them.
Those who avoid dharma are equal to animals.
Eating when hungry, sleeping, fear, procreation - these traits are common to both animals and humans. So, what is the difference between animals and humans?
Just being educated do not qualify one person as an educated, What sets humans apart is their ability to follow a path of virtue (dharma). Their intellect, paves way for them to think what is good and what is bad.A true human sticks to the one that qualifies as dharma. That ability of decision making in coherence of dharma, are what makes him human. Else, he would be showing the same traits as the rest of the beings, which are called animals. Hence, if one doesn't follow the path of virtue, he is as good as an animal!
The one faculty that sets us apart from other beings is dharma. Do not forgo that for any reason.
Be human, follow dharma.
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