The Maharashtra Government then released grant for transforming some more villages. In a few years, his village was declared an ideal village by the Government. He educated the villagers, both young and old, and started many economic projects. With the temple as the focal point, he mobilized public opinion and stopped all liquor outlets in the village despite stiff resistance from the vested interests. He went to his village in Maharashtra and utilized this money to repair the village temple. Afterwards he took premature retirement from Army and received Rs. They alone live who live for others the rest are more dead than alive.’ He made up his mind to live for others. Next day, he went to a book shop to purchase newspaper when he came across a book by Swami Vivekananda which contained many inspiring thoughts like – ‘This life is short, the vanities of the world are transient. So, he decided to postpone his suicide mission until the marriage or his sister. But, suddenly he remembered that his sister was to get married shortly. “… A young man working in Indian Army could not find any meaning in life and so contemplated suicide while sitting on a bench at Delhi Railway Station. The Vedas sustains all creatures and promotes their success/progress – therefore I consider the Vedas as the best means of attaining one’s goals. The four varnas, the three worlds, the four ashramas, the past, present and future are all known well through the Vedas alone. Dharma has originated from these two main sources, and therefore one should not find fault in them unnecessarily. Manusmriti 2.9īy Shruti is meant the Veda, and by Smriti is meant the Dharmashāstra.
Manusmriti 2.8Following the Dharma taught in the Shruti and the Smriti, one obtains great fame in this life, and attains a state of great happiness upon death. With the eyes of knowledge, a wise man should closely examine all the sources of Dharma, and then determine and practice that Dharma which is in accordance with the Vedas. These goals might seem mutually irreconcilable, but the scriptures provide ways and means and frameworks for our lives and the society so that all of them can be achieved in a harmonious manner. Hindu Dharma states that every human being should have four aims in life: Artha (material possessions), Kāma (gratification of senses), Dharma (piety, performing one’s duty) and Moksha (liberation from the cycle of births and deaths).
Means of attaining all the goals of our Life.