wasted life

जीवितं तदपि जीवितमध्ये गण्यते सुकृतिभिः पुंसाम्।

ज्ञान विक्रम- कला -कुल- लज्जा- त्याग- भोग रहितं विफलं यत्॥

भोजप्रबन्धे ५६

jīvitaṁ tadapi jīvitamadhye gaṇyate sukṛtibhiḥ puṁsām|

jñāna vikrama- kalā -kula- lajjā- tyāga- bhoga rahitaṁ viphalaṁ yat||

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A very poignant quote from Ballaladeva's Bhojaprabhandham..

Do the noble men consider the lives of those who are living without

Knowledge

Valour

Dexterity in arts

Good family

Modesty, 

Desire to make sacrifices

Capacity to apply the resources happily and usefully

as lives with purpose, lives worth living ?

Indeed such lives are of no use to the persons who live and also for others. 

Of course the combination of all these virtues is very hard to find.. 

People with at least a few of the the qualities mentioned above can pass the muster..

And each quality is great in its own way.. 

And each of the above qualities can be applied in a bad way too..

But indeed a nice reminder..