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IMPORTANCE OF ACQUISITION OF WEALTH

पूज्यते यदपूज्योऽपि यदगम्योऽपि गम्यते ।
वन्द्यते यदवन्द्योऽपि स प्रभावो धनस्य च ॥ ७॥
pūjyate yad apūjyo 'pi yad agamyo 'pi gamyate |
vandyate yad avandyo 'pi sa prabhāvo dhanasya ca || 7 ||

Even a man not worthy of worship gets worshipped; even a man who should not be sought after gets sought after;even a man unworthy gets saluted.Such is the influence of wealth.

பொருளல் லவரைப் பொருளாகச் செய்யும்
பொருளல்லது இல்லை பொருள்-Thirukkural-751

Nothing exists save wealth, that can
Change man of nought to worthy man.

अशनादिन्द्रियाणीव स्युः कार्याण्यखिलान्यपि ।
एतस्मात्कारणाद्वित्तं सर्वसाधनमुच्यते ॥ ८॥
aśanād indriyāṇīva syuḥ kāryāṇy akhilāny api |
etasmāt kāraṇād vittaṃ sarva-sādhanam ucyate || 8 ||

Like the senses gain vigour to perform all actions on eating, all actions ( business of various kind) depend on wealth; for this reason wealth is extolled as the means for accomplishing every thing.

अर्थार्थी जीवलोकोऽयं श्मशानमपि सेवते ।
त्यक्त्वा जनयितारं स्वं निःस्वं गच्छति दूरतः ॥ ९॥
arthārthī jīva-loko 'yaṃ śmaśānam api sevate |
tyaktvā janayitāraṃ svaṃ niḥsvaṃ yacchati dūrataḥ || 9 ||

A man of this world hankering after wealth,resorts even to a cemetery; and leaving one's poor parents even goes far to distant climes.

गतवयसामपि पुंसां येषामर्था भवन्ति ते तरुणाः ।
अर्थेन तु ये विहीना वृद्धास्ते यौवनेऽपि स्युः ॥ १०॥
gata-vayasām api puṃsāṃ yeṣām arthā bhavanti te taruṇāḥ |
arthe tu ye hīnā vṛddhās te yauvane'pi syuḥ || 10 ||

The aged men become youth if they have wealth.The youth are indeed old if they do not own wealth.

स चार्थः पुरुषाणां षड्भिरुपायैर्भवति भिक्षया
नृपसेवया कृषिकर्मणा विद्योपार्जनेन व्यवहारेण
वणिक्कर्मणा वा । सर्वेषामपि तेषां वाणिज्येनातिरस्कृतो-
ऽर्थलाभः स्यात् ।

This wealth can be attained by men through six means :

Begging, serving the king, agriculture, by acquiring knowledge, usury-lending money at interest, the profession of a merchant-trading. Among all these the money acquired by trading is considered as honourably acquired.

कृता भिक्षानेकैर्वितरति नृपो नोचितमहो
कृषिः क्लिष्टा विद्या गुरुविनयवृत्त्यातिविषमा ।
कुसीदाद्दारिद्र्यं परकरगतग्रन्थिशमना-
न्न मन्ये वाणिज्यात्किमपि परमं वर्तनमिह ॥ ११॥11

kṛtā bhikṣānekair vitarati nṛpo nocitam aho

 kṛṣiḥ kliṣṭā vidyā guru-vinaya-vṛttyātiviṣamā |
kusīdād dāridryaṃ parakaragata-granthi-śamanān

na manye vāṇijyāt kim api paramaṃ vartanam iha || 11 ||

Begging as a profession is considered mean , as it is practised by vile characters; a king does not reward service adequately; husbandry entails a great deal of labour - stands in danger of being ruined by want of rain; the acquisition of knowledge is extremely difficult because one has to be polite to the gurus; The lending business ends one in poverty , because even the original money given as loan to another never comes back; I therefore think there is no mode of earning one's livelihood superior to trading.

उपायानां च सर्वेषामुपायः पण्यसंग्रहः ।
धनार्थं शस्यते ह्येकस्तदन्याः संशयात्मकाः ॥ १२॥

upāyānāṃ ca sarveṣām upāyaḥ paṇya-saṃgrahaḥ |
dhanārthaṃ śasyate he ekas tad-anyaḥ saṃśayātmakaḥ || 12 ||

Of all the means of acquiring wealth the storing up of merchandise is the best for the production of wealth; any other than that is of a doubtful nature.

पण्यानां गान्धिकं पण्यं किमन्यैः काञ्चनादिभिः ।
यत्रैकेन च यत्क्रीतं तच्छतेन प्रदीयते ॥ १३॥

paṇyānāṃ gāndhikaṃ paṇyaṃ kim anyaiḥ kāñcanādibhiḥ |
yatraikena ca yat krītaṃ tac chatena pradīyate || 13 ||
Among all saleable products , perfume is the best,even gold and other things are not comparable to it. One becomes hundred , when perfume is bought and sold.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH