>From the Mahabhara, Santi Parva, Section VIII
Translated by Sri Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Arjun Said: It is seen that a poor man, even when he
stands near, is accused falsely. Poverty is a state of
sinfulness. It behoveth thee not to applaud poverty,
therefore. The man that is fallen, grieves, as also he
that is poor. I do not see the difference between a
fallen man and a poor man. All kinds of meritorious
acts flow from the possession of great wealth like a
mountain. From wealth spring all religious acts, all
pleasures, and heaven itself. Without wealth, a man
cannot find the very means of sustaining his life. The
acts of a person who, possessed of little
intelligence, suffers himself to be divested of
wealth, are all dried up like shallow streams in the
summer season. He that has wealth has friends.
He that has wealth has kinsmen. He that has wealth is
regarded as a true man in the world. He that has
wealth is regarded as a learned man. If a person who
has no wealth desires to achieve a particular purpose,
he meets with failure.
Wealth brings about accessions of wealth, like
elephants capturing wild elephants. Religious acts,
pleasures, joy, courage, wrath, learning, and sense of
dignity, all these proceed from wealth. From wealth
one acquires family honour. From wealth, one's
religious merit increases. He that is without wealth
has neither this world, nor the next. The man that has
no wealth succeeds not in performing religious acts,
for these latter spring from wealth, like rivers from
a mountain.
In santi Parva,section LXXXVIII, Bhishma said:
The king should always honour those subjects of his
that are rich and should say unto them, 'Do you, with
me, advance the interest of the people.' In every
kingdom, they that are wealthy constitute an estate in
the realm. Without doubt, a wealthy person is the
foremost of men (occupying a very superior position).
He that is wise, or courageous, or wealthy, or
influential, or righteous, or engaged in penances, or
truthful in speech, or gifted with intelligence,
assists in protecting (his fellow subjects).
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