This is a amazing episode from Chanakya .Please do watch the entire episode .
Today were are confronted with very high levels of corruption in public life and in this episode we see that a student of Political Science is asked question about governance
When asked "Whom should we protect wealth from ?"
The student answers "Wealth must be protected from Thieves and Nobel Men "
Nobel men ...our current day politicians , ministers , chief ministers .
When the king, annoyed by his answers asks the student , "As per the scriptures , what is the position of a King ?" ... to the utter astonish of the king the student answers " King is nothing more than a salary drawing public servant "
These very same questions are something which current day people in power find it hard to come to terms with.
There is a saying "Power corrupts , and absolute power corrupts absolutely" to be in public life and maintain a high level of integrity is not a joke
I think another way for people in public life to be dispassionate , would be to be spiritual and keep reminding one self of these words from Adi Shankaracharya from his "Bhaja Govindham"
"maa kuru dhana jana yauvana garvam harathi nimEshaath kaala "
Meaning :
"Do not be proud of wealth, friends, relatives and youth,when your time( death ) comes you would lose all of this in a moment"
Our political would not have to look far to know this , death of AP chief minister Y.S.R is all that they would need to remember.
In this age of greed , there is only one way to be happy ...
"Contentment is better than Riches"
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