5.20 On religion, Chanakya says that even though this world is destructible, religion can never be destroyed. Wealth, youth life can be destroyed one by one. However, religion is indestructible, immortal and eternal; nobody can destroy it. Even though in his lifetime, man amasses invaluable things/wealth and is surrounded by relations, after death, he loses everything except religion. So, he must follow the path of religion. The allurements of the worldly destructible things distract him and try to divert him from the path of religion, so he must sacrifice them. As the darkness is dispelled by
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