Relation between the Purusharthas
I shall now proceed to consider the inter - relation of the four purusharthas and their
relative importanoe according to Indian thought. Dharma Artha and Kama go together. They
are known as trivarga and workshop stands by itself. As Moksha is the ideal mostly to her
attained in after-life, though, as already pointed out that possibility of jivanmukti is
recognized by some schools of thought as the Advaita, it is left alone, and dealt with,
apart from the other three which pertain to life on earth. That is why the saint Tiruvalluvar, in
the immortal Kural, dealt with the objects of life under the three captions of Aram,
Porula and Inbam though he compre- hended the ideal of Moksha under the subheading of'
Aram, Turavaram, Meyunarthal, even as the Maha bharata speaks of Moksha as a Dharma.Though
they deal with Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha, the Smritis have come to be known as Dharma
Sastra, because they deal with of the four purusharthas.
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