Sanskrit Subhashitas

[Deepak Kiran]

Dhanam Moolam Idham Jagat

Dhanam Moolam Idham Jagat is the last sentence of a sloka.

This statement is made in the context of the requirement of wealth to enjoy the worldly pleasures.

The word Jagat means the earthly world. Dhanamulam means wealth is the root or the base.

One should live for better ideals than for the basal desires and worldly pleasures.

Written in Arthashastra of Kautilya, the phrase has caught enough attention, and it deserves the applause as money has been ruling the roost in everything humans are into.

 

[Deepak Kiran]

Daanam bhogo nashah tisro gatayo bhawanti vittasya
yo na dadaati na bhungte tasyaa trateeyaa gatirbhawati.

There are three types of end uses of wealth ( money) , namely

(i) giving as a gift or as charity

(ii) for owner's own use and

(iii) destruction ( e.g.by way of theft).

So, if a person neither gifts his money (for a right cause) nor uses it for his own consumption, it is certain that the fate of the wealth will be of the third type.


It is a dictum of Economics that wealth should should always flow like running water. As soon as water stops flowing, it starts to stagnate and tends to become useless. So is the case with wealth. If it is stored just for the sake of storing, it becomes unproductive and useless for the Society as a whole.

A perfect example is the Black Money stored in Tax havens, which could have been better utilised for the economic uplift of our Nation.
Money earned with wrong means ultimately also ends up likewise.

 

[URum]

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[Deepak Kiran]

अभिवादनशीलस्य नित्यं वृद्धोपिसेविनः
चत्वारि तस्य वर्धन्ते आयुर्विद्या यशो बलम्

Abhiwaadansheelasya nityam vruddhopisevinah
Chatwaari tasya vardhante aayurvidyaa yasho balam.

A person, whose behavior is courteous and who regularly serves aged persons, these four attributes in him, namely

(i) longevity
(ii) knowledge and learning
(iii) recognition by society, and
( iv) strength, go on increasing regularly.