English, 13.oct.25

The Scriptures (Shrutis) direct that man must earn just enough for his upkeep by honest means and use the rest of his time and skill for the general good, Dharma-artha. Earn artha (wealth) through Dharma (right conduct). Then, one will certainly have plenty of Divine Grace. Dritarashtra, father of 100 Kauravas who fought against five Pandava cousins, the legitimate claimants to a share of the ancestral patrimony, had neither of these two, though he had abundant riches, superior armies and greater military skill and strategy, had to witness the total extinction of his dynasty and kingdom! Most men like Dritarashtra pursue falsehoods and ignore truth; they amass the trivial and ignore the crucial. They do not realise that death is stalking silently behind them; they do not notice the quick pace of time; they do not know how precious is the chance that the human body, intellect, society, and heritage that it accumulated for him has given him, here and now! They are unaware that the same spark of Divinity that illumines every thought, word, and deed in them is activating every other being too, in the Universe! – Divine Discourse, Mar 24, 1973