कष्टं च खलु मूर्खत्वं कष्टं च खलु यौवनम् ।
कष्टात्कष्टतरं चैव परगेहनिवासनम् ॥२.८॥
kaṣṭaṃ ca khalu mūrkhatvaṃ kaṣṭaṃ ca khalu yauvanam |
kaṣṭātkaṣṭataraṃ caiva paragehanivāsanam ||2.8||
painful is indeed foolishness, painful is indeed youth, but painfully painful is residing in another person’s house
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Excerpt from the book “Old Chanakya Strategy: Aphorisms” by Rajen Jani