| Vyasa emphasizes
passionately the supreme importance of Dharma as follows: - With uplifted arm, I cry
from the housetops, but none hears me it is from Dharma that Artha and Kama result; why
then is Dharma not followed?" He recognises here that Artha and Kama satisfy the
psychological tendencies of man and they form essentially the two fundamental, aspirations
of every individual. At the same time he firmly enunciates the principle that Dharma
should regulate the pursuit of man for the realisation of the rational aspiration of Artha
and Kama. Saint Valluvar echoes the same
sentiment in the following Kural "Sirappinu selvammuminum arattinunga
akku ellavuyirkku". Is there anything higher in lif than Dharma? It
secures Moksha and Artha. The Puranauuru also says the samething;
"Sirappudai marabir porulu inbamum arattu vazipaduntottam pol." He
who pursues Dharma secures Moksha, Artha and Kama. In the Ramayana Sita reminds her
husband on his entering the Dandaka forest for fulfilling his vow of exterminating
the Rakshasas, that from dharma, Artha results and also Sukha or Kama. Dharma is the
essence of the universe. Aranyakanda, 9th Sarga, 30th Sloka. |
