||Shri Suktam||
Shlok 8
I shall, by their grace, destroy that distressing poverty which is first born in the form of hunger and thirst, (i.e., which prevents the advent of prosperity). Dispel every form of want and insufficiency from my house.
Poverty, trust and charity
Poverty:
Something I was thinking about yesterday, at home, is how God is never outdone in generosity, whether material or social or spiritual. Because of the economic unease we’re all facing, I was frankly thinking of the material – hanging on to jobs, my friend finding a job, how we’ll pay for home heating oil this winter, affording college for my sister – and I remembered that my wife and I have always believed it and found it to be true: when we give from our own need, it never goes unrewarded. Well, someone from you argue that how it will be rewarded. That’s where Sri Suktam is needed.
You cannot become rich if you acquire wealth; you also need to work on removing anomalies and insufficiency of life. Otherwise, there are strong chances that acquired wealth gets vanished in no time. In short, by saying “Dispel every form want and insufficiency from my house”, Rushi wanted to convey message that, one should also work on improving life by all means. Money or materialistic wealth is not everything a person needs to be wealthy as their value can decrease at any time e.g., stock exchange. What we need to acquire is permanent wealth in the form of blissful life, morals and principles, generosity when needed so that we can get help when we need.
Trust:
We forget, sometimes, that if we trust – really, just trust (that’s harder to do, and less simple, than it sounds) we will receive “what we need.” We may not get a penny more than that. But we will see our needs met, and perhaps part of what we “need” is to learn how to manage ourselves on less, how to cultivate thrift, how to resist the urge for immediate gratification. How to save, and to work toward goals? How to be patient? We are not very patient, anymore. We don’t like to
wait for what we want. Our society has been very spoiled and “me” oriented for a while, now. Everyone buys themselves whatever they want, when they want it, and – because of the easy credit (which helped get us into this mess) and our addiction to it – we have forgotten how to wait, how to practice that “old-fashioned” virtue of self-denial.
Charity:
Charity is a great form of dispelling unwanted wealth (which ultimately brings sickness and poverty) and helping those who are in need. By that way, you will have blissful life and also your wants will be limited. I’m going to remind them of what I remembered: God is never outdone in generosity, but you need to be generous yourself, if you want Him to outdo you. Even in these frightening times – perhaps especially in frightening, vulnerable-feeling economic times – it is important to be generous to others – families, especially extended families in need.
My learnings:
1) Expel unwanted need which can create poverty in future
2) Charity is the best to dispel our unwanted needs to get credit which can be used in future with interest rate.
-Taral Sharma
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Shri Suktam Series:
Article 1: Linking broken links – Economics, Life and Happppppppppiness!
http://vediclearnings.com/2008/11/17/shri-suktam-new-learning-series/
Article 2: Connect the dots to enlighten!
http://vediclearnings.com/2008/11/24/shri-suktam-new-learning-series-2/
Article 3: Respect, Thankfulness and Glorious life
http://vediclearnings.com/2008/12/01/shri-suktam-shlok-1/
Article 4: Unlimited wealth, unfailing objective and universal mother
http://vediclearnings.com/2008/12/08/shri-sukta-shlok-2/
Article 5: Strength, bravery and Sprightliness
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Article 6: Bliss, content, lotus and Balanced life
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Article 7: Protection by Magnanimous & Blazing Wealth!
http://vediclearnings.com/2008/12/29/protection-by-magnanimous-blazing-wealth/
Article 8: Unconditioned & unlimited nature
http://vediclearnings.com/2009/01/05/unconditioned-unlimited-nature/
Article 9: National Spirit
http://vediclearnings.com/2009/01/12/shri-suktam-shlok-7-national-spirit/
evam–thus; jnatva–knowing well; krtam–performed; karma–work; purvaih–by past authorities; api–although; mumuksubhih–who attained liberation; kuru–just perform; karma–prescribed duty; eva–certainly; tasmat–therefore; tvam–you; purvaih–by the predecessors; purva-taram–ancient predecessors; krtam–as performed.
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