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Punar Vittam Punar Mitram in Grantha · 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

🕉️ hindu·📿 3× repetitions·🕐 Morning reflection, or in moments of contemplation about life's priorities·📜 Chanakya Niti
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हिन्दी / देवनागरीతెలుగుதமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡമലയാളംગુજરાતીবাংলাଓଡ଼ିଆਪੰਜਾਬੀEnglishසිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

Origin & Story

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

The Chanakya Niti is a celebrated compendium of aphorisms on ethics, prudence and practical living attributed to Chanakya, the legendary teacher and minister who guided the rise of the Mauryan empire. Among its many reflections, this verse on the irreplaceable value of human life stands out as one of the most quoted, urging the wise to spend their rare birth well.

✦ As told in scripture

This verse has long served as a wake-up call on the spiritual path; seekers recount that meditating on the non-repeatable nature of human life shook them from complacency and spurred them to pursue dharma and self-knowledge with new urgency.

The Mantra

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𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌂 𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌰𑍍𑌭𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌾 𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌹𑍀। 𑌏𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌰𑍍𑌲𑌭𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌨 𑌶𑌰𑍀𑌰𑌂 𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌃 𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌃॥

punar vittaṁ punar mitraṁ punar bhāryā punar mahī। etat sarvaṁ punar labhyaṁ na śarīraṁ punaḥ punaḥ॥

Meaning:Wealth can be gained again, a friend can be found again, a spouse and land can be obtained again — all of this is regainable; but this body is not obtained again and again. Therefore the rare gift of human life should not be wasted, for it does not return so easily.

Word-by-Word Meaning

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𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌃🔊punaḥagain
𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌮𑍍🔊vittamwealth, riches
𑌮𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌮𑍍🔊mitrama friend
𑌭𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌾🔊bhāryāa spouse, wife
𑌮𑌹𑍀🔊mahīland, the earth, property
𑌏𑌤𑌤𑍍 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌮𑍍🔊etat sarvamall of this
𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌰𑍍𑌲𑌭𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍍🔊punar labhyamcan be obtained again, is regainable
𑌨🔊nanot
𑌶𑌰𑍀𑌰𑌮𑍍🔊śarīramthe body (this human birth)
𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌃 𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌃🔊punaḥ punaḥagain and again, repeatedly

Benefits of Chanting Punar Vittam Punar Mitram

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Awakens awareness of the rare and precious value of human life

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Inspires the wise and purposeful use of one's limited time

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Cultivates healthy detachment from transient gains and losses

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Encourages prioritising the eternal over the merely material

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A sobering reminder to pursue higher goals (dharma and self-realisation)

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Helps reframe setbacks — most losses are recoverable, life is not

How to Chant Punar Vittam Punar Mitram

Repetitions3times
Best TimeMorning reflection, or in moments of contemplation about life's priorities

Recite the verse slowly and reflect on the unique, non-repeatable gift of human birth. Let it temper anxiety over material losses, which are recoverable, and renew your resolve to use your life for what truly matters. It is especially valuable as a daily contemplation on purpose and detachment.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Punar Vittam Punar Mitram written in the Grantha script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.
Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.
It means 'wealth again, a friend again, a spouse again, land again — all this can be regained, but not the body again and again.' It teaches that human life is uniquely precious because, unlike possessions, it cannot easily be regained.
It is a well-known shloka from the Chanakya Niti, the collection of practical wisdom and statecraft attributed to the ancient sage and statesman Chanakya (Kautilya).
It urges us not to waste the rare opportunity of human birth. Material things lost can be earned again, so we should not be consumed by them, but devote our limited life to worthy and lasting goals.

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