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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: Part One: Chapter III: The Prana: Its Glories and Redeeming Power: Verse 25

... He who knows the wealth of this saman (Vital breath) obtains wealth. Tone, indeed, is its wealth. Therefore let one who is going to perform the sacrificial work as a priest desire that ... more [The Upanishads]

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: Part One: Chapter V: Manifestations of Prajapati: Verse 15

... Verily, the person who knows this is himself that Prajapati who is endowed with sixteen parts and who is represented by the year. Wealth constitutes fifteen of his parts and the body is his sixteenth part. He is increased and decreased by that wealth. This body is the nave and wealth is the felloe. ... more [The Upanishads]

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: Part Four: Chapter IV: Death and the Hereafter: Verse 24

... That great, unborn Self is the eater of food and the giver of wealth. He who knows this obtains wealth. ... more [The Upanishads]

Katha Upanishad: Part One: Chapter I: Verse 27

... Wealth can never make a man happy. Moreover, since I have beheld you, I shall certainly obtain wealth; I shall also live as long as you rule. Therefore no boon will be accepted by... more [The Upanishads]

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: Part Four: Chapter V: Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi (II): Verse 3

... Maitreyi said: "Venerable Sir, if indeed the whole earth full of wealth belonged to me, would I be immortal through that or not?" "No," replied Yajnavalkya, "your life would be just like that of people who have plenty. Of Immortality, however, there i... more [The Upanishads]

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: Part Two: Chapter IV: Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi (I): Verse 2

... Thereupon Maitreyi said: "Venerable Sir, if indeed the whole earth, full of wealth, belonged to me, would I be immortal through that?" "No," replied Yajnavalkya, "your life would be just like that of people who have plenty. Of Immortality, however, there... more [The Upanishads]

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: Part One: Chapter IV: The Creation and Its Cause: Verse 17

... In the beginning this aggregate of desirable objects was but the self, one only. He cherished the desire: "Let me have a wife, so that I may be born as the child; and let me have wealth, so that I may perform rites." This much, indeed, is the range of desire; even if one wishes, one cannot get more than this. Therefore, to this day, a man who is single de... more [The Upanishads]

Sura 10, "Jonah": Ayat 88

...Moses prayed: "Our Lord! Thou hast indeed bestowed on Pharaoh and his chiefs splendour and wealth in the life of the present, and so, Our Lord, they mislead (men) from Thy Path. Deface our Lord, the features of their wealth, and send hardness to their hearts, so they will not believe u... more [The Meanings of the Holy Qur'an]

Chhandogya Upanishad: Part Five: Chapter III: The Story of Svetaketu and Pravahana: Verse 6

... showed him proper respect. Next morning, when the king came to the assembly, Gautama, too, came there. The king said to him: "Gautama, Sir, ask of me a boon relating to human wealth." He replied: "May human wealth remain with you. Tell me that speech which you addressed to my boy." The king became sad. ... more [The Upanishads]

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: Part Three: Chapter V: Yajnavalkya and Kahola: Verse 1

...avalkya ?" "It is that which transcends hunger and thirst, grief, delusion, old age and death. Having realized this Self, brahmins give up the desire for sons, the desire for wealth and the desire for the worlds and lead the life of religious mendicants. That which is the desire for sons is the desire for wealth and that which is the desire for... more [The Upanishads]

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: Part Four: Chapter IV: Death and the Hereafter: Verse 22

...not wish for offspring because they thought: 'What shall we do with offspring-we who have attained this Self, this World?' They gave up, it is said, their desire for sons, for wealth and for the worlds and led the life of religious mendicants. That which is the desire for sons is the desire for wealth and that which is the desire for wealth... more [The Upanishads]

Sura 69, "The Reality": Ayat 28

..."Of no profit to me has been my wealth! ... more [The Meanings of the Holy Qur'an]

Sura 69, "The Reality": Ayat 24

...And those in whose wealth is a recognised right. ... more [The Meanings of the Holy Qur'an]

Sura 34, "Saba, Sheba": Ayat 35

...They said: "We have more in wealth and in sons, and we cannot be punished." ... more [The Meanings of the Holy Qur'an]

Sura 53, "The Star": Ayat 48

...That it is He Who giveth wealth and satisfaction; ... more [The Meanings of the Holy Qur'an]

Sura 69, "The Reality": Ayat 18

...And collect (wealth) and hide it (from use)! ... more [The Meanings of the Holy Qur'an]

Sura 100, "The Courser, The Chargers": Ayat 8

...And violent is he in his love of wealth. ... more [The Meanings of the Holy Qur'an]

Sura 104, "The Traducer, The Gossipmonger": Ayat 2

...Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by, ... more [The Meanings of the Holy Qur'an]

Sura 104, "The Traducer, The Gossipmonger": Ayat 3

...Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever! ... more [The Meanings of the Holy Qur'an]

Sura 111, "Palm Fibre, The Flame": Ayat 2

...No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains! ... more [The Meanings of the Holy Qur'an]

Sura 23, "The Believers": Ayat 55

...Do they think that because We have granted them abundance of wealth and sons, ... more [The Meanings of the Holy Qur'an]

Sura 26, "The Poets": Ayat 88

..."The Day whereon neither wealth nor sons will avail, ... more [The Meanings of the Holy Qur'an]

Sura 44, "Smoke": Ayat 27

...And wealth (and conveniences of life), wherein they had taken such delight! ... more [The Meanings of the Holy Qur'an]

Sura 56, "The Event, The Inevitable": Ayat 45

...For that they were wont to be indulged, before that, in wealth (and luxury), ... more [The Meanings of the Holy Qur'an]

Sura 68, "The Pen, (the Letter) N": Ayat 14

...Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons. ... more [The Meanings of the Holy Qur'an]

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