Thus a man practising Dharma, Artha and Kama enjoys happiness both in this world and in the world to come. The good perform those actions in which there is no fear as to what is to result from them in the next world, and in which there is no danger to their welfare. Any action which conduces to the practice of Dharma, Artha and Kama together, or of any two, or even one of them, should be performed, but an action which conduces to the practice of one of them at the expense of the remaining two should not be performed.
Kama Sutra — Chapter 2 (Part 3 of 3)
Artha. Pleasures are, therefore, to be followed with moderation and caution. No one refrains from cooking
food because there are beggars to ask for it, or from sowing seed because there are deer to destroy the
corn when it is grown up.