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THE FOUR SETUS |
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Dharma is the
primary objective for man and Artha and Kama are secondary, to be controlled by Dharma and
are properly the fruit of the pursuit of Dharma. In his commentary Mitakshara, on
Yajnavalkya, Smriti explaining the essence of Dharma Sastra, Yajnavalkya says:
The Mitakshara is further of opinion that the source of Artha is Dharma, but not vice
versa, for, Japa and Tapas can perform Dharma without the help of Artha, for instance. But
without Dharma there will be no bit of Artha. Similarly Kama and Moksha. Nilakantha
Dikshita echoes the same idea in a fine verse thus: " If I have not sufficient
wealth, I shall abandon the Dharma which requires wealth for its performance. There are
many that can be performed by bodily activities. Even if the body is weary, there can be
no loss of Dharma by that, We shall fix our thoughts once at least on Siva and realize our
objective."
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