Learn to Honestly Earn

[mv. venkataraman]

When you come across a cash bundle
To defraud, your mind may kindle
Such a feeling, very carefully handle
You turn a pauper if you swindle

There will be conscience's pricking
It is an act against God's liking
For a steal-deal, idea will be striking
Is not such an acquisition shocking?

Money earned after a hard-labor
Can't be erased by fate like rubber
But, if you are a cheating robber
Remember, you are no longer sober

Our wealth is purely God's fixation
Little wealth mustn't give vexation
Too much wealth is lost by taxation
work for enough wealth-acquisition

Ten dollars in case you now hold
To give alms of 2 dollars, be bold
Dharma is more precious than gold
You will know this when you grow old

Success and failure will ever alternate
Pleasure and pain are brought by fate
Death alone is man's ultimate mate
Let man's noble deeds consummate

Wealth and health are twins
Both are lost by committing sins
Ultimately God alone wins
Journey to Hell, soul begins

Money is a dangerous commodity
If acquired via duty, it has utility
If in duty, there is no true quality
It imposes on peace death penalty

Money may make life a paradise
But, one can't take it when one dies
Get money never through any lies
Or else, away from you peace flies

When there is honesty, there is character
Before God, if man behaves like an actor
Via hurdles, He will close his chapter
To the Hard-worker, He supplies nectar.

mvvenkataraman