Source: # What does Traditional Sanskrit subhashita mean for the mind? ## Traditional Sanskrit subhashita (widely quoted; source uncertain) न चोरहार्यं न च राजहार्यं न भ्रातृभाज्यं न च भारकारि । व्यये कृते वर्धत एव नित्यं विद्याधनं सर्वधनप्रधानम् ॥ *na cora-haryam na ca raja-haryam na bhratri-bhajyam na ca bhara-kari | vyaye krite vardhata eva nityam vidya-dhanam sarva-dhana-pradhanam || How to say it: na cho-ra-HAAR-yam na cha raa-ja-HAAR-yam, na bhraa-tri-BHAAJ-yam na cha bhaa-ra-KAA-ri. vya-ye KRI-te var-DHA-ta e-va NI-tyam, vid-yaa-DHA-nam sar-va-dha-na-pra-DHAA-nam.* ## Meaning It cannot be stolen by thieves or seized by kings; it cannot be divided among brothers; it is no burden to carry. When it is spent it only grows. The wealth of knowledge is the chief of all wealth. ## For daily life The verse names the five troubles of ordinary wealth: theft, taxation, family division, weight and loss by spending. Knowledge escapes all five, and it is the one treasure that increases when it is shared. A teacher who explains something twice understands it better the second time. More on this topic: [Bhagavad Gita, yoga and Indian wisdom for mental peace](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/topic/spiritual-wisdom/) ## More questions - [What the Bhagavad Gita teaches about the mind](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/answers/what-the-gita-says-about-the-mind/) [myadvisorfriend@gmail.com](mailto:myadvisorfriend@gmail.com) · [Contact](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/contact/) · [About](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/about/) · [Privacy](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/privacy/) · [Disclaimer](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/disclaimer/) --- *Psychology for Everyone – A Mental Well Being Series* by Satish Zope · free to read · Contact: [myadvisorfriend@gmail.com](mailto:myadvisorfriend@gmail.com) · [About](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/about/) · [Privacy](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/privacy/) · [Disclaimer](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/disclaimer/)