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On Learning

विद्या परमा देवता ।

Vidyā paramā devatā.

Knowledge is the supreme deity.

Context

Chanakya (Kautilya), 4th century BCE minister and author of the Arthashastra, placed vidyā above wealth, lineage, and power. He saw education not as a credential but as the only asset that compounds without loss and cannot be taken by force.

Ask yourself

The new year invites stocktaking. What have you added to your knowledge in the last twelve months that no one can take from you? A skill, a framework, a genuine shift in how you see? If the answer is thin, the problem is not time — it is priorities.

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