Shloka 35
त्र्यशीतितमः सर्गः (Sarga 83)
Hanumān Reports Sītā’s ‘Slaying’; Rāma Collapses; Lakṣmaṇa’s Counter-Discourse on Dharma and Artha
यस्यार्थास्तस्यमित्राणियस्यार्थास्यस्यबान्धवाः ।यस्यार्थास्सपुमान्लोकेयस्यार्थाः स च पण्डितः ।।6.83.35।।
yasyārthās tasya mitrāṇi yasyārthās tasya bāndhavāḥ |
yasyārthāḥ sa pumān loke yasyārthāḥ sa ca paṇḍitaḥ ||6.83.35||
財ある者には友があり、財ある者には親族がある。世においては、財ある人こそ「立派な男」と見なされ、財ある人はさらには「賢者」とさえ呼ばれる。
"Friends gather round him in whom riches abide. Relations stand by him who has wealth. He is considered manly in whom wealth abides, and he is learned who has wealth."
FAQs
It exposes a social truth: people often measure worth by wealth. Dharmically, it invites discernment—true virtue and wisdom are not identical with riches.
Rāvaṇa presses a realist argument about how society treats wealth, to challenge Rāma’s renunciatory stance.
Viveka (discernment): recognizing the difference between social labels and genuine merit.