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Na Kashchit Kasyachin Mitram (None Is Born a Friend or Foe) in Punjabi (Gurmukhi) · ਪੰਜਾਬੀ

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Chanakya Niti · Chanakya (Vishnugupta / Kautilya) · Ancient India (c. 4th–3rd century BCE)

Chanakya, the strategist who navigated the shifting alliances of kings and ministers, understood relationships as the product of conduct rather than fate. This verse distils that hard-earned insight: friend and foe are not born but made, fashioned by the dealings between people, which is why the wise watch their own behaviour as the true source of their bonds.

ਸ਼ਾਸਤਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੱਸੇ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ

Statesmen have long cited this verse to explain how bitter rivals became firm allies overnight: since no enmity is fixed by nature, a change in conduct can turn a foe into a friend, and the wise diplomat works precisely upon this truth.

ਮੰਤਰ

ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਪੰਗਤੀ ਜਾਂ ▶ ਬਟਨ ਨੂੰ ਛੂਹ ਕੇ ਸੁਣੋ

ਕਸ਼੍ਚਿਤ੍ਕਸ੍ਯਚਿਨ੍ਮਿਤ੍ਰਂ ਕਸ਼੍ਚਿਤ੍ਕਸ੍ਯਚਿਦ੍ਰਿਪੁਃ। ਵ੍ਯਵਹਾਰੇਣ ਮਿਤ੍ਰਾਣਿ ਜਾਯਨ੍ਤੇ ਰਿਪਵਸ੍ਤਥਾ॥

na kaścit kasyacin mitraṁ na kaścit kasyacid ripuḥ। vyavahāreṇa mitrāṇi jāyante ripavas tathā॥

ਅਰਥ:No one is by birth the friend of anyone, and no one is by birth the enemy of anyone; friends and enemies alike arise through conduct and dealings. Chanakya teaches that relationships are not fixed by fate but shaped by how people treat one another, so one's own behaviour creates one's friends and foes.

ਸ਼ਬਦ-ਸ਼ਬਦ ਅਰਥ

ਉਚਾਰਨ ਸੁਣਨ ਲਈ ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਉੱਤੇ ਕਲਿੱਕ ਕਰੋ

ਨ ਕਸ਼੍ਚਿਤ੍🔊na kaścitno one, nobody
ਕਸ੍ਯਚਿਤ੍🔊kasyacitof / to anyone
ਮਿਤ੍ਰਮ੍🔊mitramfriend
ਰਿਪੁਃ🔊ripuḥenemy, foe
ਵ੍ਯਵਹਾਰੇਣ🔊vyavahāreṇathrough conduct, dealings, behaviour, transactions
ਮਿਤ੍ਰਾਣਿ🔊mitrāṇifriends
ਜਾਯਨ੍ਤੇ🔊jāyanteare born, arise, come into being
ਰਿਪਵਃ🔊ripavaḥenemies, foes
ਤਥਾ🔊tathālikewise, in the same way, similarly

Na Kashchit Kasyachin Mitram (None Is Born a Friend or Foe) ਪਾਠ ਦੇ ਲਾਭ

Brings a clear-eyed, realistic understanding of friendship and enmity

Teaches that our own conduct shapes our relationships

Frees the mind from blaming fate for one's friends and foes

Encourages mindful, fair behaviour toward everyone

Helps dissolve fixed grudges by seeing relationships as changeable

A concise, memorable maxim for wise dealings with people

Na Kashchit Kasyachin Mitram (None Is Born a Friend or Foe) ਪਾਠ ਵਿਧੀ

ਜਪ ਗਿਣਤੀ3ਵਾਰ
ਉੱਤਮ ਸਮਾਂMorning reflection, or when navigating difficult relationships

Recite the verse slowly and reflect that neither friendship nor enmity is fixed at birth — both grow out of how we behave toward others. Consider how your own conduct can turn strangers into allies. It is traditionally studied among Chanakya's teachings on human relationships and worldly dealings.

ਅਕਸਰ ਪੁੱਛੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਸਵਾਲ

ਇਸ ਪੰਨੇ ਉੱਤੇ ਪੂਰਾ Na Kashchit Kasyachin Mitram (None Is Born a Friend or Foe) ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ ਲਿਪੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ — ਉਹੀ ਮੂਲ ਸ਼ਲੋਕ, ਅੱਖਰ-ਅੱਖਰ ਲਿਪੀਅੰਤਰਿਤ, ਤਾਂ ਜੋ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਸੌਖ ਨਾਲ ਪੜ੍ਹ ਅਤੇ ਜਪ ਸਕੋ। ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਪੰਗਤੀ (ਜਾਂ ▶ ਬਟਨ) ਨੂੰ ਛੂਹ ਕੇ ਉਸ ਦਾ ਪਾਠ ਸੁਣੋ।
ਹਾਂ — ਕੇਵਲ ਲਿਪੀ ਬਦਲਦੀ ਹੈ; ਸ਼ਬਦ ਅਤੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਮੂਲ ਹੀ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ। ਇਸ ਪੰਨੇ ਦਾ ਸ਼ਲੋਕ-ਦਰ-ਸ਼ਲੋਕ ਅਰਥ, ਲਾਭ ਅਤੇ ਪਾਠ ਵਿਧੀ ਉਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਲਾਗੂ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ।
It is a famous verse from the Chanakya Niti (Niti Darpana), the body of aphorisms attributed to Chanakya (Kautilya / Vishnugupta), the ancient Indian teacher of ethics, statecraft and practical wisdom.
That no one is anyone's friend or enemy by birth or nature. Both friends and enemies are created through vyavahara — conduct, behaviour and mutual dealings. Relationships are therefore earned and made, not predestined.
By taking responsibility for one's own behaviour. Since friendliness and hostility grow from how we treat others, fair and considerate conduct tends to create allies, while harshness creates foes. It also frees us from resentment, since even an enemy was made by dealings and can change.

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ਪੂਰਾ Na Kashchit Kasyachin Mitram (None Is Born a Friend or Foe) ਸ਼ਲੋਕ-ਦਰ-ਸ਼ਲੋਕ ਅਰਥ ਸਹਿਤ ਪੜ੍ਹੋ, ਜਾਂ ਹੋਰ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਪਾਠ ਵੇਖੋ