[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Polity and Statecraft](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha) › [The Polity of Śukra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti) › 999\_725 # The Polity of Śukra 999\_725 Śukranīti 999\_725 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [999\_725](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti.999_725) upakārapradhānaḥ syādapakārapare'pyarau . sampadvipatsvekamanā hetāvīryet phale na tu .. > He should be foremost in doing good even toward an enemy bent on harm; / even-minded in prosperity and adversity, he should exert himself for the cause, not for the fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 999\_724](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti.999_724) - [Next: 999\_726](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti.999_726) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti~en-mt.999_725) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.76) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit - [Kṣemakutūhala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.ksemakutuhala.5.70) — Kṣemaśarman 1549, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti.999_725](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti.999_725) · Pramāṇa