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penury. The Chātaka should be fed only by the rain
cloud as the drops fall into his bill una sked. The cloud
itself quenches the thirst of the bird, magnanimously
responding in sweet murmuring thunder, and gives it
rain drops to reach its parched throat trishākulais chā-
takapakshiņām kulaiḥ prayāchitãs toyabharāvalambinaḥ,
prayānti mandam navavāridhārino balahakās śrotramano-
harasvanāḥ, Ritusamhara, 2,3. It is this golden downpour,
a favourite idea that was realised by Sankara, all because
of his compassionate heart. He would himself beg of
none anything, but for one in distress he would. A
little boy, he did this miracle not just to perform one,
but because he was so touched by the extremity of
poverty that he wanted her to taste of the happiness of
life herein and assuredly hereafter as well by good deeds
that she could perform with this same artha, as without
artha, there is no acquisition of dharma or kama and
the glory of moksha, all of them qualified by the
controlling factor of dharma. Dharma controls the
acquisition and expenditure of artha, the expending and
controlling of the sensory organs in any form of kama
and even in dharma itself, it controls dharma by fighting
an illusory dharma that could go against real dharma,
dharmam yo badhate dharmaḥ na sa dharmaḥ, kudharma
tat, Mahabharata. It is this rigorous practice of the
balanced three that assures moksha. This is a great
hymn composed by not only the greatest thinker but
the greatest devotee and in the simplest form of hymnal
worship. No wonder the goddess immediately answered
his appeal and there was the shower of gold from
heaven. It is a fundamental belief in India even today
that the daily reading of this stotra of Sankara assures
plenty and prosperity for the devotee who utters it with
faith.
penury. The Chātaka should be fed only by the rain
cloud as the drops fall into his bill una sked. The cloud
itself quenches the thirst of the bird, magnanimously
responding in sweet murmuring thunder, and gives it
rain drops to reach its parched throat trishākulais chā-
takapakshiņām kulaiḥ prayāchitãs toyabharāvalambinaḥ,
prayānti mandam navavāridhārino balahakās śrotramano-
harasvanāḥ, Ritusamhara, 2,3. It is this golden downpour,
a favourite idea that was realised by Sankara, all because
of his compassionate heart. He would himself beg of
none anything, but for one in distress he would. A
little boy, he did this miracle not just to perform one,
but because he was so touched by the extremity of
poverty that he wanted her to taste of the happiness of
life herein and assuredly hereafter as well by good deeds
that she could perform with this same artha, as without
artha, there is no acquisition of dharma or kama and
the glory of moksha, all of them qualified by the
controlling factor of dharma. Dharma controls the
acquisition and expenditure of artha, the expending and
controlling of the sensory organs in any form of kama
and even in dharma itself, it controls dharma by fighting
an illusory dharma that could go against real dharma,
dharmam yo badhate dharmaḥ na sa dharmaḥ, kudharma
tat, Mahabharata. It is this rigorous practice of the
balanced three that assures moksha. This is a great
hymn composed by not only the greatest thinker but
the greatest devotee and in the simplest form of hymnal
worship. No wonder the goddess immediately answered
his appeal and there was the shower of gold from
heaven. It is a fundamental belief in India even today
that the daily reading of this stotra of Sankara assures
plenty and prosperity for the devotee who utters it with
faith.