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The great poet sings:
"How happy is he born or taught That serveth not another's will Whose armor is his honest thought? And simple truth his utmost skill!'
- Sir Henry Wotton
SUPREME CONTENTMENT OR PURITY
(Uttama Shaucha Dharma)
Contentment is Happiness.'
The word 'Shauch' is a compound word derived by adding the suffix 'anr' with the word 'shuchi' to mean 'shucherbhav shauchanam'. It means sacredness, cleanliness, to be pure, to be clean, to be spotless and to be non-greedy.
The humanitarian approach to lessen the miseries of living beings is included in the abstention from greed of worldly possessions. Contentment aims at putting a limit on the worldly possessions by individuals according to their needs and desires.
Stating the characteristics of the virtue of supreme contentment in 'Sarvartha Siddhi', Acharya Pujya Pad Swamy writes: 'lobhprkaranramuparam shaucham'- To discard different types of greed is contentment.
Kankhabhavnrivitim kicha veragbhavnrajuto Jo vatdi parammunri tas du dhamo havai saucham
The Supreme saint who conducts himself suppressing all desires and possesses the thoughts of renunciation is endowed with the virtue of contentment. In 'Bhagwati Aradhana' the erudite Acharya Shivery expresses his invaluable thoughts:
'Dravayshu mamaidam bhavmulo vyasanopanipat sakal iti tat parityago laghvam'.
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