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By Editorial Team Published : 17 Jun 2026 06:28 IST Ee Font size
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The sages set four goals for our new life. Dharmartha Kama Mokshas which are mentioned as Chaturvidha Purusharthas. The first three are related to the body. They are the factors of happiness and happiness and should show the way to salvation without binding the man. Salvation is spiritual, blissful. Man must first satisfy his desires. They need meaning (money) to fulfill them. To earn it one should take up a legitimate profession. The word dharma has the definitions of duty and duty. Dharma is to do justice to one's profession and to contribute to the well-being of the world. That dharma stands as protection for those who work for the benefit of the world with self-righteousness. That is why he said 'Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitah'. Sanatana dharma upholds the right of man to live happily doing his chosen work, earning money and fulfilling his desires. Dharmavyadha devoted himself to his profession of selling meat, was responsible towards his parents and lived as an ideal householder. He attained the knowledge of Brahman.

The second of the virtues of men is... the wealth required for the necessities of life. No one is wrong about making money in the right way for a living. People like Janaku are ideal in this regard. Although he was a king on the outside, he lived as a hermit on the inside. Subhashitam says that wealth is consumed in the form of donation, indulgence, destruction... and whoever donates to others, whatever they enjoy, their wealth must be destroyed. That's why Ramakrishna Paramahamsa said, 'A person who lives as a slave to money is a philanthropist. He said that the wealth of those who do not make good use of it becomes the property of the wicked. Like the nests made by ants are eaten by snakes, the money earned by greed and hidden in the boshanas will soon be alienated.

Third is lust. Lord Krishna said in the Bhagavad Gita, 'I am the lust that is subject to Dharma.' Ravanasura is the proof that if you fall in love with lust and not Kannu Minnu, destruction is inevitable. As a result of desires fulfilled in the path of righteousness, a person feels despondent for years. Sri Rama, who was monogamous, traveled that way and was worshiped as a man. The final purushartha is moksha. That means Mohakshaya. A householder seeking salvation must first fulfill the three Purusharthas. One should take refuge in the Sadguru and walk on the spiritual path.

Real Moksha is to give up ego. A devotee asked Ramana Maharishi, 'Lord, when will I be liberated?' Then Rama says, 'First, get rid of 'I'. Then liberation will come by itself. Salvation is not found somewhere in the upper world. Jeevanmuktula needs to be freed. That is what Hinduism preaches. Being able to remain solitary even amidst all bonds is salvation. Also devotees who surrender to God are eternally liberated.

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