Verse 100

Śataka
Nīti Śatakaनीतिशतकम्
Chapter
Way of Destinyकर्मपद्धतिः
Chhanda
Vasantatilakāवसन्ततिलका

[neeti-100]

भीमं वनं भवति तस्य पुरं प्रधानंसर्वो जनः स्वजनतामुपयाति तस्य ।कृत्स्ना च भूर्भवति सन्निधिरत्नपूर्णायस्यास्ति पूर्वसुकृतं विपुलं नरस्य ॥१००॥

bhīmaṃ vanaṃ bhavati tasya puraṃ pradhānaṃsarvo janaḥ svajanatāmupayāti tasya |kṛtsnā ca bhūrbhavati sannidhiratnapūrṇāyasyāsti pūrvasukṛtaṃ vipulaṃ narasya ||100||

Translation

If a man has the merits of the past, the terrifying forest becomes his capital city; all the people of the world become his citizens; the entire earth with its aggregate treasures of gems and diamonds becomes his. ॥ 100 ॥