If we command our wealth we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us,
we are poor indeed ! - Edmund Burke
Money makes many things; Its true. And Annamcharya describes the versatility of power of money in his sankeertana, "Rukalai Madalai Ruvvalai Tirigini" thus...........
'Ruka' ( a quarter of the silver rupee) , 'Mada' (a half of golden 'Varaha' of those days) and 'Ruvva' ( It is like 'Dammidi' which is one by twelfth of an Anna which again is one by sixteenth of a Rupee) being its names of multiple denominations, wealth is circulating in this world. Being highly unstable it is not confined at one place.
'This wealth transforms one into a 'king'. and the same wealth makes another being as a 'servant'. It is instrumental in selling away one's young daughters to another. Ii is pivotal in movement of rich crops from one place to another.
'This wealth is stored in bags by some people and converted into jewellery by some other. It induces some people to perform pious deeds and makes some others as sinners. It causes piquing up quarrels among some; and as if under bet, the same wealth makes others run on performing acts.
'At some places this wealth glitters in exposure and at some other places it is hidden, being buried under earth.It incarnated as Goddess Lakshmi by the side of Lord Vishnu that is Sri Venkateswara. It has become hard-to-get-rid-of Illusion in this world. It offers safety and direction to those having trust in it. Thus being near to us this wealth smilingly acts in various ways!'...........
As we go through the diverse and contradictory playful actions of the wealth in the above sankeertana, we come to realise the more and more importance of 'steering path' ( of command), in meddling with wealth on hand, suggested by Edmund Burke at the outset!
Wealth in Diverse Forms
Om Shanti!
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