Vana Parva 2.36
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Vana Parva Chapter 2 · Verse 36
Sanskrit Original
तस्मादर्थागमाः सर्वे मनोमोहविवर्धनाः। कार्पण्यं दर्पमानौ च भयमुद्वेग एव च॥ अर्थजानि विदुः प्राज्ञा दुःखान्येतानि देहिनाम्। अर्थस्योत्पादने चैव पालने च तथा क्षये।॥ सहन्ति च महद् दुःखं प्रन्ति चैवार्थकारणात्। अर्था दुःखं परित्यक्तुं पालिताश्चैव शत्रवः॥
Therefore, the accession of wealth is what increases covetousness and folly. It is the root of niggardliness, boastfulness, pride, fear and anxiety. These are the miseries that wise men see in wealth. Men have to suffer infinite miseries in the acquisition and retention of wealth. Its expenditure also is painful. Sometimes men are even killed for the sake of wealth. To abandon wealth is painful; even those men who are cherished become enemies for the sake of wealth.