The Vedas lay down
four goals before man: Dharma (righteousness),
Artha (wealth), Kama (desire) and Moksha (liberation).
But they have to be
pursued in pairs,
Dharma and Artha together
and Kama and Moksha together.
That is to say,
Artha has to be earned through Dharma,
and Kama has to be for Moksha.
But man takes these four separately
and ends up losing everything.
He puts them into
separate compartments and
adopts distinct plans to achieve them.
He gives up Dharma and Moksha as beyond him
and wastes his life pursuing only Artha and Kama.
This leads him to ruin.
divinely sent
