Hindu Administrative Institutions c9.s1.25

c9.s1.25

It was realized that the spring of all action is wealth. It is the perennial source of all *dharma*,² and in the *Rāmāyaṇa* the importance of *artha* to *dharma* is well brought out by the speech of Lakṣmaṇa addressed to his brother Rāma in the field of Laṅka.³ Friends, relatives, manhood, learning, strength of will, wisdom, greatness and goodness, are all said to be the natural