India, April 4 -- These two words sometimes confuse about what they convey. What is the relationship between these two? Don't they sound similar? They do. Then, there is 'kartavya' (duty). This word also is interlinked with these two. I will try to unravel their mystery in this article. Beginning with their definitions, dharma is what applies to everyone. For example, the nature of fire is to burn and cause it to burn. Similarly, dharma sustains life, virtue and moral duties on the planet Earth. The word Satya simply means facts like the Sun rising in the East. Some examples will shed more light on these two words. Starting with dharma, what is our svadharma or duty (kartavya)?

Lord Krishna has explained that when we are born we have cer...