Artha: Wealth as Sacred Duty
Understanding wealth as a legitimate life goal within the four purusharthas; why dharmic traditions reject poverty romanticism; the relationship between artha and dharma in Mahabharata; Sanjeev Sanyal's argument that India's decline came from rejecting economic engagement; wealth creation as national duty in Viksit Bharat 2047
Lessons in this chapter
- Purushartha: The Four Goals of Human Life — Life's Four Goals in Balance
- Artha-Dharma: When Wealth Serves Righteousness — When Wealth Destroys
- Daridrata-Nivarana: Why Poverty is Addressable, Not Inevitable — Why Poverty Isn't Virtue
- Bhagya: The Dharmic View of Prosperity — Nishkama Karma in Economics
- Vibhava: Wealth Creation as National Duty — India's Decline from Rejecting Artha
- Yoga-Kshema: Security and Prosperity Combined — Viksit Bharat 2047
- Relevance in 2026 and Beyond — Dharmic Economics in the AI Age