Who is Rich ? What the Sāstrās say ?
Who is a Rich man?
(From the pen of Srirāmapāda Bhāgavathar)
Not the one who owns 2-3 houses; not the one who has
plenty of bank balance; not the one who owns a luxury car; not the one who is
in power; not the one who has costly gadgets; not the one who has mass
following; not the one who leads a luxury life on earth or sky; not the one
with influence and coverage; not the one with costly accessories to the body;
not the one with several credit or debit cards; not the one with bunch of
property documents or land; not the one who raises buildings and structures in
the name of the God by wrong means and for wrong means. Because all these
things are not truth and as everyone is aware it will not come along with the
soul as the body is burnt or buried here itself as it is dead at some point of
time in life. The Soul is permanent and it takes a different form depending
upon the Karma one does (good or bad), evidently we witness many such beings in
front of our eyes every moment.
See, what our sacred Veda scriptures and Itihāsās
established and reiterated,
विपदो नैव विपद:
सम्पदो नैव सम्पद:
।
विपद: विस्मरणं विष्णो:
सम्पन्नारायणस्मृति:
॥
Vipado naiva vipadaha Sampado naiva sampadaha
Vipadah vismaranam Vishnoh Sampad Nārāyana smrutihi
Thus, rich are the one who
1) Speaks the truth, wishes and do good deeds not for
self but to others;
2) Does not cause harm, hatred, trouble to others by
mind, money, muscle, material, or actions;
3) Preserves the dharma culture and practices,
protects the places of worship in its entirety where all our Saints, Sants,
Maharshis, Divine Beings visited in praise of the God;
4) Offers support for abhisheka, alankāra, dhoopa,
deepa, naivedya to the Deity or even cleaning the temple premises;
5) Chants the Bhagavan Nāma continuously because ‘He’
resides in such person's soul and that person evidently possess the richest
possession one can ever possess and no one can ever take it away. Therefore,
such human belongs to the Bhagavān as both live together happily;
6) Associates simply with the people of above
‘Character’ mentioned from 1 – 5;
Precisely “True Richness is when you are so expensive
that no one can buy your ‘Character’ !”
Essentially and sadly, as long as the body exists,
most of the humans do not realize the truth. Once the soul gets separated it is
too late to realize and it has to undergo several punishments for all the
accrued sins as none of the earthly status, wealth, influence, men and material
will be of any help to manage and wriggle out there. So, Repentance is the fine
quality not only in one’s own interest but also to his/her children’s future,
in order to negate most of the sins committed.
So, for all intents and purposes, everyone should develop the humility and being benevolent to build their families, the society for peace and harmony, and to enjoy the same during our lifetime itself.
Sarve Jana Sukhino Bhavantu !
⯁ Srirāmapāda Bhāgavathar
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