ChaTurBhava (Dharma-Artha-KaAma-Moksha)
dharma-artha-kaAma-moksha... These four Chaturbhavas are known as Chaturvidha PurushaArthas; CHATURBHAVA is one of the names/attributes of Lord Vishnu who is... "ChaturaAtmaa-chaturBhaava.shchaturvedavid-Ekapaat"(SVSN–sloka#82) Ø "dharmō dharmaviduttama ḥ " Lord Vishnu is dharma and his very nature is dharma and his incarnations are for the purpose of dharma. He is an embodiment of dharma and protector of dharma. He is the foremost and greatest among the knower of dharma. ‘RaAmo VigrahavAan DharMah’; Lord Vishnu is arthōnarthō… He is Arthah - He is Anarthah; "Arthah" generally gives a meaning of wealth which is materialistic. Here in a supreme spiritual sense, ultimate wealth for a soul is Lord Vishnu which is eternal/permanent. He is the ultimate wealth (Arthah) every soul would be longing to have. Arthah also denotes meaning. Lord Vishnu is the real/ultimate meaning of everything in this universe; He is Arthah th...