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| As artha
enables man to enjoy the comforts and pleasures of life, it is placed before kama and
it one of the funda - mental ideas in relation to these purush- arthas that dharma
is the legitimateSource of rather and Kama. All these three must be pursued with the
ultimate goal of moksha ever present to the mind.There may be exceptions in the case of
those who renounce both artha and kama with a view to realise moksha. When a person seeks
refuge in the Lord, even dharma may be abandoned. The last verse of the Gita says: sarvadharmaan parityajya maamakam saranam vraja:
'Renounce all dharmas and take refuge in Me alone'. These are only for specially
gifted persons. But, to the ordinary run of mankind, all the four are legitimate ideals
and objectives of life in their sequence. All these fundamental ideas have been explained
and dilated upon in the first series of lectures. |
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