Shanti Parva 273.7
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 273 · Verse 7
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Sanskrit Original
व्याजेन चरते धर्ममर्थ व्याजेन रोचते। व्याजेन सिद्ध्यमानेषु धनेषु कुरुनन्दन॥ तत्रैव कुरुते बुद्धिं ततः पापं चिकीर्षति। सुहृद्भिर्वार्यमाणोऽपि पण्डितैश्चापि भारत॥ उत्तरं न्याससम्बद्धं ब्रवीति विधिचोदितम्।
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Indeed, with hypocrisy one then tries to acquire virture and with hypocrisy one likes to acquire riches. When one succeeds, O son of Kuru's family, in acquiring riches with hypocrisy, one gives his heart to such acquisition wholly. It is then that a person begins to do sinful acts, despite the admonitions of well-wishers and the wise, to all whom he makes reasonable conformable to the scriptural injunctions.