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Mbh.1.203.10060	Wealth, every article of enjoyment, kingdom, there is nothing that Krishna may not sacrifice for the sake of the Pandavas.
Mbh.2.5.269	Wealth is said to bear fruit when he that hath it enjoyeth it himself and giveth it away in charity.
Mbh.2.11.437	Wealth and Religion and Desire, and Joy, and Aversion, and Asceticism and Tranquillity, all wait together upon the Supreme Deity in that palace.
Mbh.3.2.116	Wealth alone is the root of niggardliness and boastfulness, pride and fear and anxiety!
Mbh.3.33.1702	Wealth cannot be earned by leading a mendicant life, nor by a life of feebleness.
Mbh.3.33.1703	Wealth, however, can be earned by intelligence directed by virtue.
Mbh.3.33.1732	Wealth should be spent by one who wisheth to increase his wealth, after the manner, O son of Kunti, of scattering seeds on the ground.
Mbh.5.122.5433	Wealth, gems, robes, I have spared nothing for the performance of sacrifices.
Mbh.12.8.305	Wealth brings about accessions of wealth, like elephants capturing wild elephants.
Mbh.12.26.1192	Wealth was created by the Creator for the sake of sacrifices, and man was created by him for protecting that wealth and performing sacrifices.
Mbh.12.108.6156	Wealth given to sinful men afflicts even the giver.
Mbh.12.122.6938	SECTION CXXIII Yudhishthira said, I wish, O sire, to hear the settled conclusions on the subject of Virtue, Wealth, and Pleasure.
Mbh.12.122.6940	What are the respective roots of Virtue, Wealth, and Pleasure?
Mbh.12.122.6943	Bhishma said, When men in this world endeavour with good hearts to achieve Wealth with the aid of Virtue, then those three, viz, Virtue, Wealth, and Pleasure, may be seen to co-exist in a state of union in respect of time, cause, and action
Mbh.12.122.6944	Wealth has its root in Virtue, and Pleasure is said to be the fruit of Wealth.
Mbh.12.122.6950	It is said that Virtue is sought for the protection of the body, and Wealth is for the acquisition of Virtue.
Mbh.12.122.6953	Virtue, Wealth, and Pleasure, when sought for the sake of heaven or such other rewards, are said to be remote because the rewards themselves are remote.
Mbh.12.122.6957	If Virtue, Wealth, and Pleasure are to be abandoned, one should abandon them when one has freed one's self by ascetic penances
Mbh.12.122.6961	Virtue is not always the root of Wealth, for other things than Virtue lead to Wealth such as service, agriculture, c.
Mbh.12.122.6962	There is again a contrary opinion for some say that Wealth is earned through chance or birth or like causes.
Mbh.12.122.6963	In some instances, Wealth acquired has been productive of evil.
Mbh.12.122.6964	Other things again that Wealth such as fasts and vows have led to the acquisition of Virtue.
Mbh.12.122.6965	As regards this topic, therefore, a dullard whose understanding has been debased by ignorance, never succeeds in acquiring the highest aim of Virtue and Wealth, viz, Emancipation.
Mbh.12.122.6966	Virtue's dross consists in the desire of reward; the dross of Wealth consists in hoarding it; when purged of these impurities, they are productive of great results.
Mbh.12.122.6970	Kamandaka said, That man who, abandoning Virtue and Wealth pursues only Pleasure, reaps as the consequence of such conduct the destruction of his intelligence.
Mbh.12.122.6971	The destruction of intelligence is followed by heedlessness that is at once destructive of both Virtue and Wealth.
Mbh.12.129.7380	Wealth for the performance of sacrifices should be acquired by every means.
Mbh.12.133.7500	Wealth leads to the possession of an army.
Mbh.12.138.8233	The king is the root of one's triple aggregate ie, Virtue, Wealth, and Pleasure.
Mbh.12.152.9103	Wealth, kine, gold, precious gems, children, all have their root in penances.
Mbh.12.166.9933	The king addressing his brothers with Vidura forming the fifth, said, The course of the world rests upon Virtue, Wealth, and Desire.
Mbh.12.166.9935	For subduing the triple aggregate viz, lust, wrath, and covetousness, upon which of the first three viz, Virtue, Wealth, and Desire should the mind be fixed?
Mbh.12.166.9946	It is upon Virtue that Profit or Wealth rests.
Mbh.12.166.9957	Without Profit or Wealth, both Virtue and the objects of Desire cannot be won.
Mbh.12.166.9959	Even persons of uncleansed souls, if possessed of diverse kinds of Wealth, are able to perform the highest acts of virtue and gratify desires that are apparently difficult of being gratified.
Mbh.12.166.9960	Virtue and Desire are the limbs of Wealth as the Sruti declares.
Mbh.12.166.9961	With the acquisition of Wealth, both Virtue and the objects of Desire may be won.
Mbh.12.166.9962	Like all creatures worshipping Brahman, even persons of superior birth worship a man possessed of Wealth.
Mbh.12.166.9963	Even they that are attired in deer-skins and bear matted locks on their heads, that are self-rest rained, that smear their bodies with mire, that have their senses under complete control, even they that have bald heads and that are devoted Brahmacharins, and that live separated from one another, cherish a desire for Wealth.
Mbh.12.166.9964	Others attired in yellow robes, bearing long beards, graced with modesty, possessed of learning, contented, and freed from all attachments, become desirous of Wealth.
Mbh.12.166.9966	Believers and unbelievers and those that are rigid practisers of the highest Yoga, all certify to the excellence of Wealth
Mbh.12.166.9967	He is said to be truly possessed of Wealth who cherishes his dependants with objects of enjoyment, and afflicts his foes with punishments.
Mbh.12.166.9971	Nakula and Sahadeva said, Sitting or lying, walking and standing, one should strive after the acquisition of Wealth even by the most vigorous of means.
Mbh.12.166.9972	If Wealth, which is difficult of acquisition and highly agreeable, be earned, the person that has earned it, without doubt, is seen to obtain all the objects of Desire.
Mbh.12.166.9973	That Wealth which is connected with Virtue, as also that Virtue which is connected with Wealth, is certainly like nectar
Mbh.12.166.9975	A person without wealth cannot gratify any desire; similarly, there can be no Wealth in one that is destitute of Virtue.
Mbh.12.166.9976	He, therefore, who is outside the pale of both Virtue and Wealth, is an object of fear unto the world.
Mbh.12.166.9977	For this reason, one should seek the acquisition of Wealth with a devoted mind, without disregarding the requirements of Virtue.
Mbh.12.166.9979	One should first practise Virtue; next acquire Wealth without sacrificing Virtue; and then seek the gratification of Desire, for this should be the last act of one who has been successful in acquiring Wealth'
Mbh.12.166.9982	Bhimasena said, One without Desire never wishes for Wealth.
Mbh.12.166.9994	Both Virtue and Wealth are based upon Desire.
Mbh.12.176.10620	Wealth cannot be got by even the surrender of one's person.
Mbh.12.176.10669	Sorrow and shamelessness and discontent all arise from Desire and Wealth.
Mbh.12.190.11388	In it Virtue, Wealth, and Pleasure, may all be obtained.
Mbh.12.190.11404	That man who in the observance of this mode of life seeks the acquisition of the triple aggregate viz, Religion, Wealth, and Pleasure, with that of the great end of the three attributes of Goodness and Passion and Darkness enjoys great happiness here and at last attains to the end that is reserved for persons that are virtuous and good
Mbh.12.226.13949	Wealth, comforts, rank, prosperity, all fall a prey to Time.
Mbh.12.233.14470	Wealth, sufficient in quantity, that may come from one who is assisted in a sacrifice, from a pupil, or from kinsmen by marriage of a daughter, should be spent in the performance of sacrifice or in making gifts.
Mbh.12.233.14471	Wealth coming from any of these sources should never be enjoyed by a Brahmana singly
Mbh.12.235.14600	The first which is called Jivatman is endued with the four attributes already mentioned, and has a longing for the four objects or purposes viz, Religion, Wealth, Pleasure and Emancipation.
Mbh.12.284.17690	Thou art Righteousness which is marked by ten virtues; thou art Wealth or Profit of every kind; and thou art Pleasure.
Mbh.12.294.18384	Wealth earned by such means can never prove beneficial.
Mbh.12.303.19090	In consequence of his being invested with Ignorance, the Soul adopts different attributes of Sattwa and Rajas and Tamas, and Righteousness and Wealth and pleasure.
Mbh.12.320.20164	The words I shall utter will be fraught with sense, free from ambiguity in consequence of each of them not being symbols of many things, logical, free from pleonasm or tautology, smooth, certain, free from bombast, agreeable or sweet, truthful, not inconsistent with the aggregate of three, viz, Righteousness, Wealth and Pleasure, refined ie, free from Prakriti, not elliptical or imperfect, destitute of harshness or difficulty of comprehension, characterised by due order, not far-fetched in respect of sense, corrected with one another as cause and effect and each having a specific object
Mbh.12.329.21039	He who knows the aggregate of three viz, Religion, Wealth, and Pleasure, as also happiness and sorrow and life and death, truly and in all their details, is said to know growth and decay.
Mbh.12.335.21485	In that treatise the authors discoursed on Religion and Wealth and Pleasure, and subsequently on Emancipation also.
Mbh.12.335.21506	Possessed of the excellence, this treatise is fraught with instructions for acquiring both Wealth and Religious merit, and is full of mysteries.
Mbh.13.26.3616	They who bathe in her waters every day in the morning, succeed in obtaining the aggregate of three, viz, Righteousness, Wealth and Pleasure.
Mbh.13.35.4143	From them flow all the great objects of life viz, Righteousness and Wealth and Pleasure and Emancipation.
Mbh.13.58.5730	The wise have said that the excavation of a tank contributes to the aggregate of three, Righteousness, Wealth and Pleasure.
Mbh.13.124.10809	Verily, thy acts connected with Righteousness, with Wealth, and with Pleasure, as also the well-timed words spoken by thee, do not bear fruit.
Mbh.13.125.10835	On the other hand, one should attend to the science, that is sacred and that has righteousness for its indications, of the aggregate of three viz, Religion, Wealth, and Pleasure.
Mbh.13.125.10836	Amongst these, Wealth and Pleasure are naturally attractive.
Mbh.13.143.11951	He should never indulge in sexual pleasure, but live cheerfully and in independence, well-conversant with the science of Wealth or Profit.
Mbh.13.143.11955	He should pursue the aggregate of Three viz, Righteousness, Wealth, and Pleasure, and be always cheerful.
Mbh.13.148.12426	Verily, this Madhava is the expounder of the most difficult truths relating to Profit or Wealth, and he is also their achiever.
Mbh.13.149.12536	He that is the foremost Refuge of all things DLIX, DLXVIII; He that is armed with the best of bows called Saranga; He that was divested of His battle-axe by Rama of Bhrigu's race He that is fierce; He that is the giver of all objects of desire; He that is so tall as to touch the very heavens with his head in allusion to the form He assumed at Valis sacrifice; He whose vision extends over the entire universe; He that is Vyasa who distributed the Vedas; He that is the Master of speech or all learning; He that has started into existence without the intervention of genital organs DLXVIII, DLXXVI; He that is hymned with the three foremost Samans; He that is the singer of the Samans; He that is the Extinction of all worldly attachments in consequence of His being the embodiment of Renunciation; He that is the Medicine; He that is the Physician who applies the medicine; He that has ordained the fourth or last mode of life called renunciation for enabling His creatures to attain to emancipation; He that causes the passions of His worshippers to be quieted with a view to give them tranquillity of soul; He that is contented in consequence of His utter dissociation with all worldly objects; He that is the Refuge of devotion and tranquillity of Soul DLXXVII, DLXXXV; He that is possessed of beautiful limbs; He that is the giver of tranquillity of soul; He that is Creator; He that sports in joy on the bosom of the earth; He that sleeps in Yoga lying on the body of the prince of snakes, Sesha, after the universal dissolution; the Benefactor of kine; or, He that took a human form for relieving the earth of the weight of her population; the Master of the universe; the Protector of the universe; He that is endued with eyes like those of the bull; He that cherishes Righteousness with love DLXXXVI, DXCV: He that is the unreturning hero; He whose soul has been withdrawn from all attachments; He that reduces to a subtle form the universe at the time of the universal dissolution; He that does good to His afflicted worshippers; He whose name, as soon as heard, cleanses the hearer of all his sins; He who has the auspicious whorl on His breast; He in whom dwells the goddess of Prosperity for ever; He who was chosen by Lakshmi the goddess of Prosperity as her Lord; He that is the foremost one of all Beings endued with prosperity DXCVI, DCIV; He that give prosperity unto His worshippers; the Master of prosperity; He that always lives with those that are endued with prosperity; He that is the receptacle of all kinds of prosperity; He that gives prosperity unto all persons of righteous acts according to the measure of their righteousness; He that holds the goddess of Prosperity on his bosom; He that bestows prosperity upon those that hear of, praise, and mediate on Him; He that is the embodiment of that condition which represents the attainment of unattainable happiness; He that is possessed of every kind of beauty; He that is the Refuge of the three worlds DCV, DCXIV; He that is possessed of beautiful eye; He that is possessed of beautiful limbs; He that is possessed of a hundred sources of delight; He that represents the highest delight; He that is the Master of all the luminaries in the firmament for it is He that maintains them in their places and orbits; He that has subjugated His soul; He whose soul is not swayed by any superior Being; He that is always of beautiful acts; He whose doubts have all been dispelled for He is said to behold the whole universe as an Amlaka in His palm DCXV, DCXXIII; He that transcends all creatures; He whose vision extends in all directions: He that has no Master; He that at all times transcends all changes; He that in the form of Rama had to lie down on that bare ground; He that adorns the earth by His incarnations; He that is puissance's self; He that transcends all grief; He that dispels the griefs of all His worshippers as soon as they remember His DCXXIV, DCXXXII; He that is possessed of effulgence, He that is worshipped by all; He that is the water-pot as all things reside within Him; He that is of pure soul; He that cleanses all as soon as they hear of him; He that is free and unrestrained; He whose car never turns away from battles; He that is possessed of great wealth; He whose prowess is incapable of being measured DCXXXIII, DCXLI; He that is the slayer of the Asura named Kalanemi; He that is the Hero; He that has taken birth in the race of Sura; He that is the Lord of all the deities; the soul of the three worlds; the Master of the three worlds; He that has the solar and lunar rays for his hair; the slayer of Kesi; He that destroys all things at the universal dissolution DCXLII, DCL; the Deity from whom the fruition of all desires is sought; He that grants the wishes of all; He that has desires; He that has a handsome form; He that is endued with thorough knowledge of Srutis and Smritis; He that is possessed of a form that is indescribable by attributes; He whose brightest rays overwhelm heaven; He that has no end; He that in the form of Arjuna or Nara acquired vast wealth on the occasion of his campaign of conquest DCLI, DCLX; He who is the foremost object of silent recitation, of sacrifice, of the Vedas, and of all religious acts; He that is the creator of penances and the like; He that is the form of the grandsire Brahman, He that is the augmentor of penances; He that is conversant with Brahma; He that is of the form of Brahmana; He that has for His limbs Him that is called Brahma; He that knows all the Vedas and everything in the universe; He that is always fond of Brahmanas and of whom the Brahmanas also are fond DCLXI, DCLXX; He whose footsteps cover vast areas; He whose feats are mighty; He who is possessed of vast energy; He that is identical with Vasuki, the king of the snakes; He that is the foremost of all sacrifices; He that is Japa, that first of sacrifices; He that is the foremost of all offerings made in sacrifices DCLXXI, DCLXXVIII He that is hymned by all; He that loves to be hymned by his worshippers; He that is himself the hymns uttered by His worshippers; He that is the very act of hymning; He that is the person that hymns; He that is fond of battling with everything that is evil; He that is full in every respect; He that fills others with every kind of affluence; He that destroys all sins as soon as He is remembered; He whose acts are all righteous; He that transcends all kinds of disease DCLXXIX, DCLXXXIX; He that is endued with the speed of the mind; He that is the creator and promulgator of all kinds of learning; He whose vital seed is gold; He that is giver of wealth being identical with Kuvera the Lord of treasures; He that takes away all the wealth of the Asuras; the son of Vasudeva; He in whom all creatures dwell; He whose mind dwells in all things in thorough identity with them; He that takes away the sins of all who seek refuge in him DCXC, DCXCVIII; He that is attainable by the righteous; He whose acts are always good; He that is the one entity in the universe; He that displays Himself in diverse forms; He that is the refuge of all those that are conversant with truth; He who has the greatest of heroes for his troops He that is the foremost of the Yadavas; He that is the abode of the righteous He that sports in joy in the woods of Brinda on the banks of Yamuna DCXCIX, DCCVVII; He in whom all created things dwell; the deity that overwhelms the universe with His Maya illusion; He in whom all foremost of Beings become merged when they achieve their emancipation He whose hunger is never gratified; He that humbles the pride of all; He that fills the righteous with just pride; He that swells with joy; He that is incapable of being seized; He that has never been vanquished DCCVII, DCCXVI; He that is of universal form; He that is of vast form; He whose form blazes forth with energy and effulgence; He that is without form as determined by acts; He that is of diverse forms; He that is unmanifest; He that is of a hundred forms; He that is of a hundred faces DCCXVII, DCCXXIV; He that is one; He that is many through illusion; He that is full of felicity; He that forms the one grand topic of investigation; He from whom is this all; He that is called THAT; He that is the highest Refuge; He that confines Jiva within material causes; He that is coveted by all; He that took birth in the race of Madhu; He that is exceedingly affectionate towards His worshippers DCCXXV, DCCXXXV; He that is of golden complexion; He whose limbs are like gold in hue; He that is possessed of beautiful limbs; He whose person is decked with Angadas made with sandal-paste; He that is the slayer of heroes; He that has no equal; He that is like cipher in consequence of no attributes being affirmable of Him; He that stands in need of no blessings in consequence of His fulness; He that never swerves from His own nature and puissance and knowledge; He that is mobile in the form of wind DCCXXXVI, DCCXLV; He that never identifies Himself with anything that is not-soul He that confers honours on His worshippers; He that is honoured by all; He that is the Lord of the three worlds; He that upholds the three worlds; He that is possessed of intelligence and memory capable of holding in His mind the contents of all treatises; He that took birth in a sacrifice; He that is worthy of the highest praise; He whose intelligence and memory are never futile; He that upholds the earth DCCXLVI, DCCLV; He that pours forth heat in the form of the Sun; He that is the bearer of great beauty of limbs; He that is the foremost of all bearers of weapons; He that accepts the flowery and leafy offerings made to Him by His worshippers; He that has subdued all his passions and grinds all His foes; He that has none to walk before Him; He that has four horns; He that is the elder brother of Gada DCCLVI, DCCLXIV; He that has four arms; He from whom the four Purushas have sprung; He that is the refuge of the four modes of life and the four orders of men; He that is of four souls Mind, Understanding, Consciousness, and Memory; He from whom spring the four objects of life, viz, Righteousness, Wealth, Pleasure, and Emancipation; He that is conversant with the four Vedas; He that has displayed only a fraction of His puissance DCCLXV, DCCLXXII; He that sets the wheel of the world to revolve round and round; He whose soul is dissociated from all worldly attachments; He that is incapable of being vanquished; He that cannot be transcended; He that is exceedingly difficult of being attained; He that is difficult of being approached; He that is difficult of access; He that is difficult of being brought within the heart by even Yogins; He that slays even the most powerful foes among the Danavas DCCLXXIII, DCCLXXXI; He that has beautiful limbs; He that takes the essence of all things in the universe; He that owns the most beautiful warp and woof for weaving this texture of fabric of the universe; He that weaves with ever-extending warp and woof; He whose acts are done by Indra; He whose acts are great; He who has no acts undone; He who has composed all the Vedas and scriptures DCCLXXXII, DCCLXXXIX; He whose birth is high; He that is exceedingly handsome; He whose heart is full of commiseration; He that has precious gems in His navel; He that has excellent knowledge for His eye; He that is worthy of worship by Brahman himself and other foremost ones in the universe; He that is giver of food; He that assumed horns at the time of the universal dissolution; He that has always subjugated His foes most wonderfully; He that knows all things; He that is ever victorious over those that are of irresistible prowess DCCXC, DCCXCIX; He whose limbs are like gold; He that is incapable of being agitated by wrath or aversion or other passion; He that is Master of all those who are masters of all speech; He that is the deepest lake; He that is the deepest pit; He that transcends the influence of Time; He in whom the primal elements are established DCCC, DCCCVI; He that gladdens the earth; He that grants fruits which are as agreeable as the Kunda flowers Jasmim pubescens, Linn; He that gave away the earth unto Kasyapa in His incarnation as Rama; He that extinguishes the three kinds of misery mentioned in the Sankhya philosophy like a rain-charged cloud cooling the heat of the earth by its downpour; He that cleanses all creatures; He that has none to urge Him; He that drank nectar; He that has an undying body; He that is possessed of omniscience; He that has face and eyes turned towards every direction DCCCVIII, DCCCXVI; He that is easily won with, that is, such gifts as consist of flowers and leaves; He that has performed excellent vows; He that is crowned with success by Himself; He that is victorious over all foes; He that scorches all foes; He that is the ever-growing and tall Banian that overtops all other trees; He that is the sacred fig tree Ficus glomerata, Willd; He that is the Ficus religiosa; or, He that is not durable, in consequence of His being all perishable forms in the universe even as he is all the imperishable forms that exist; He that is the slayer of Chanura of the Andhra country DCCCXVII, DCCCXXV; He that is endued with a thousand rays; He that has seven tongues in the forms of Kali, Karali, etc;
Mbh.13.158.13149	He is the Enhancer of Wealth; He is the one victorious Being in the universe.
Mbh.13.159.13257	When one sets oneself to the acquisition of the well-known aggregate of three viz, Righteousness, Wealth, and Pleasure, or to the achievement of Emancipation, or to that of fame and prosperity, or to the treatment and cure of disease, or to the worship of the deities and the Pitris, one should take care to gratify the regenerate ones.
Mbh.14.37.1502	Those men on Earth who meditate on the past, present, and the future, who are devoted to the aggregate of three, viz, Religion, Wealth, and Pleasure, who acting from impulse of desire, exult on attaining to affluence in respect of every desire, are said to be enveloped by Passion.
Mbh.14.39.1568	and the Future; Religion, Wealth.
Mbh.15.28.1094	Endued with intelligence, that queen understands both Religion and Wealth.
Mbh.18.5.313	From Righteousness is Wealth as also Pleasure.

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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