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THE FOUR SETUS |
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Vidura stresses the
supremacy, of Dharma and next only are Artha and Kama as Dharma is the foundation for
Artha and Kama. While Arjuna emphasizes the need for Artha without which both Dharma and
Kama cannot be achieved, Bhimasena stresses the importance of Kama. The twins Nakula and
Sahadeva clearly lay down that .all the three must be pursued by man and are equally
important.
The last words of this verse are similar to the words already referred to in the Ramayana.
Kalidasa in the Raghuvamsa beautifully expresses the same idea of the equal importance for
man of all the four purusharthas in a poetic simile, wherein he likens the four sons of
Dashratha to the four purusharthas, Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha and says that the four
brothers together shine as the embodiments of the four purusharthas. In Raghuvamsa,14th
sarga, sloka 21, he says that Rama pursued Dharma, Artha and Kama equally, as was his
attitude towards his three brothers.
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