Of the Sadacharas or perpetual obligation of a householder - Verse 7
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 3 · Verse 11.7
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Sanskrit Original
परित्यजेद अर्थकामौ धर्मपीडाकरौ नृप धर्मम अप्य असुखोदर्कं लोकविक्रुष्टम एव च ।।
parityajed arthakāmau dharmapīḍākarau nṛpa dharmam apy asukhodarkaṃ lokavikruṣṭam eva ca ||
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The king should abandon the pursuits of wealth and desire that cause distress to righteousness, as well as the unhappiness arising from dharma, which is indeed degraded in the world.