[Advaita-l] Fwd: Dharma, Artha and Kama - gradations

[V Subrahmanian]

Manu


तमसो लक्षणं कामो रजसस्त्वर्थ उच्यते । सत्त्वस्य लक्षणं धर्मः श्रैष्ठ्यं
एषां यथोत्तरम् || Manusmriti.

 तमोगुण का लक्षण काम, रजोगुण का अर्थसग्रंह की इच्छा, सत्वगुण का लक्षण
धर्म-सेवा करना है, परन्तु तमोगुण से रजोगुण और रजोगुण से सत्वगुण श्रेष्ठ है
।

We know there are four Purusharthas: Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha.
Manusmriti says: Kaama (desire / pleasure seeking) is tamoguna-driven,
Artha (wealth-seeking) is rajo-guna and Dharma, righteousness,is
sattva-guna.  Moksha, therefore, is transcending all three gunas. There is
also the exhortation that 'artha and kaama have to be based on dharma, when
alone the two, artha and kaama, will be untainted and will be conducive to
moksha.

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subrahmanian.v