It needs to be controlled, as per the dharma, to be followed by a householder is a must for societal order, and slowly, and slowly through penance (tapas) in the form of vows, sacrifices, charity, fasts, etc It need to be overcome Even, so then kama is difficult to vanquish or eliminate completely, for an average person, for kama (desires) is. 2 dharma, artha, kama and moksa are the four purusarthas, the four aims of life The first of them, dharma, is a lifelong objective The pursuit of artha (material welfare) and kama (desire, love) must be given up at a certain stage in a man's life
But so long as such a pursuit lasts, it must be based on dharma. One should not sit in a lonely place with one’s mother, sister, or daughter For the senses are powerful, and master even a learned man Sexual desire (kama) is in fact counted among one of the shadaripus (arishadvargas), the six enemies or obstacles in the path of spiritual progress. Every living being has kama or innumerable desires as part of the previous life impressions or samskaras mentioned above When the living entity desires to experience a lifetime as male, female or third gender, such a lifetime comes to pass
According to purusharthas (objectives of human life), the four objectives are dharma, artha, kama, moksha Kama includes desire and moksha requires someone not to have desire Jiva goswami says that the statement that kama who is burnt by shiva took birth as pradyumna is only partially acceptable and is a limited proposal. Which is better among dharma, artha and kama when all the three, viz Dharma, artha and kama, come together, the former is better than the one which follows it, i.e Dharma is better than artha, and artha is better than kama
But artha should always be first practised by the king for the livelihood of men is to be obtained from it only. 0 no, artha and kama are not equally important as dharma Dharma as one of the purusharthas (dharma, kama, artha and moksha) means righteousness and not rituals Dharma is needed even in samsara to keep the competitive instincts of men for kama and artha under control. The interdependence between the dharma (virtue), artha (wealth) and kama (pleasure) can be understood well form the words of bhimasena in mahabharata Note that the words of chanakya are mainly intended for a kshatriya and hence my answer is
First part addresses the dependence of dharma on artha and the second part addresses the dependence of kama on.
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