DHARMA

There is no greater wealth one can acquire than Dharma and no misfortune greater than the forgetting of it: 'Forgetting' Dharma is failing to perform one's duties according to Dharma. Aram is the Tamil equivalent of the Samskrit word Dharma, for which there is no single word - equivalent in English. Duty, virtue and other such words do not really cover the full import of either aram or Dharma.

Go as far as your strength and resources permit without swerving from the path of Dharma: This is Tiru-Valluvar's characteristic way of bringing everything down to the level of practicability without losing hold of the ideal.

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