Sometimes, we try too hard to fight against our situations. Sometimes, our struggle against the circumstances is just a petty struggle of our ego to keep itself intact. It is better to be overwhelmed and be crushed so that you die and you ensure that a new person rises from those ashes.
Those who engage in artha and kaam without having any foundation of dharma, will remain stuck into this endless ocean of suffering...Dharma teaches us how we can go through artha and kama yet not get entangled