From the world's first novel

Kadambari is the world's first novel written in Sanskrit, 1100 years back. But it tells some things which are 100% true today. I have consolidated them in questions and answers form. This is minister Shukanasa's advice to the Prince...

1. What happens during youth?

i) Fresh youth

ii) peerless beauty and

iii) super human talent, even one is with someone that will cause illness of darkness, which cannot be pierced by sun or by bright lamps.

2. What are the illness and how are they?

i) Intoxication of money/LAKSHMI, which does not cease even in old age.(Now we can see many old people running behind money)

ii) Blindness of power and high fever of pride cannot be cured.

iii) Going behind senses is violent poison.(people are addicted to watching TV & movies, food, sex etc)

iv) stain of passion cannot be purified

v) Sleep of royal pleasures cannot be waken.

Mirage of pleasure will always end in sorrow. 

 

3. What are the properties of Guru's words?

i) Can remove thick darkness of many things.

ii) Calming and awakening

iii) Faults of youth will be turned to virtues

iv) All stains of Man are cleaned

v) They are the ear ornaments and they shine without light.

  

4.What are the properties of money /LAKSHMI?

LAKSHMI came out while churning the ocean. So,

I. She has glow from coral tree

II. She had crookedness from moon's light

III.  She has restlessness from uchastrava

IV. She has witchery from kalakuta poison

V.  She has intoxication from nectar

VI.  She has hardness from kausthuba gem

Once, she is won cannot be kept. She vanishes, escapes and has no foothold anywhere.

She is not for

i. Friendship

ii. Beauty

iii. Sacred learning

iv. Cleverness

v. Righteousness

vi. Conduct

vii. Truth

But she embraces unlearned, non virtuous, impure and useless people.

She is like rain to grow poison plants of desire. She deceives and betrays. (we know many learned men are poor and non-virtuous are millionaires)

  

5. Characteristics of those who possess money or desire for money?

i. Helpless

ii.  Abode of shameful deeds

iii. Tortured by the pleasures of senses

iv. Sink by the arrows of Kama or lust

v. They give headache to those who are near to them

vi. They cannot see distance

vii. They bring calamity 
(we can see many like this, they do such things unknowingly)

For them

i.  Gambling is relaxation

ii. Adultery is sign of Cleverness

iii. Hunting is exercise

iv. Drinking is delight

v. Recklessness is heroism

vi. Dance, music and bad company is knowledge of the world

vii. Shameful crimes is greatness of mind

viii. Restlessness is enterprise etc...

6. How they behave?

I. Overthrown by false ideas they think about themselves as great divine.

II. They laugh at the learned

III. They abuse advises of old.

(Many young people today, do this. They laugh at their teachers and they behave as if they know everything)

 I feel all the above fit the film story heroes of today.... 100%.. 

Also Western lifestyle fits.