Jealousy – the greatest slayer of wisdom and wealth

The following column by U. Mahesh Prabhu was first published by Business Goa. 

Vedic seers suggested six negative qualities, Arishadvargas, in people that could be the root of their own destruction, namely: Kama (Lust), Krodha(Anger), Lobha (Greed), Moha (Infatuation), Mada (Ego) and Matsarya (Jealousy). All the tales of Vedic origins tell how even one of these qualities could lead to disastrous consequences.

In Mahabharata, after the Kingdom of Kuru was divided between five sons of Pandu and...