Lexicon

of Rig Veda

arādhas, possessing unfruitful wealth

Negative particle a-, non-, and rādhas, wealth, rich. Literal translation “without wealth”, “not rich”; the common interpretation “miser, niggard” does not convey real sense of the word. Sri Aurobindo wrote: “...although he is revān [rich], although his cave is packed with cows and horses and treasures, still he is arādhas, because his wealth gives no prosperity or felicity to man or himself...” (CWSA.– Vol. 15.– 1998, p. 234).