DAY 294
Wealth Brings Pain, Both in Earning and in Guarding
기원후 3~12세기경 편찬(구전 격언시)
ORIGINAL
अर्थानामर्जने दुःखमर्जितानां च रक्षणे । आये दुःखं व्यये दुःखं धिगर्थाः कष्टसंश्रयाः ॥ (arthānām arjane duḥkham arjitānāṃ ca rakṣaṇe, āye duḥkhaṃ vyaye duḥkhaṃ dhig arthāḥ kaṣṭasaṃśrayāḥ)
📜 THE VERSE
Earning wealth is painful, and guarding what is earned is painful too — gain brings pain, loss brings pain; shame on wealth, forever wrapped in hardship.
❓ TODAY'S QUESTION
While earning and guarding wealth, am I missing out on the very life that wealth is supposed to serve?
📝Reflection
We assume that gaining wealth will bring ease, but this verse reveals the truth hiding behind it — pain clings to every stage: earning, guarding, spending, and losing. This is not a call to renounce wealth, but a call to face the fact that wealth does not automatically guarantee peace.
— ONGO · Curator
🌱Apply It Today
Write down one worry that wealth causes you, and find one way to be at peace without depending on it.
📖 Source:
Subhashita (Traditional Sanskrit Maxims).
Sanskrit original with public-domain translations consulted; rendered independently by ONGO.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
