अर्थेभ्योऽपि हि वृद्धेभ्यः संवृत्तेभ्यस्तस्ततः ।

प्रवर्तन्ते क्रियाः सर्वाः पर्वतेभ्य इवापगाः ॥ 1221

 

Arthebhyo api hi vruddhebhyah samvruttebhyastastatah ।
Pravartante kriyah sarvah parvatebhya ivapagah ॥

 

When wealth is accumulated and when it keeps increasing abundantly,

all works get done effortlessly like rivers flowing down from mountains.

 

न सा विद्या न तद्दानं न तच्छिल्पं न सा कला ।

न तत्स्थैर्यं हि धनिनां याचकैर्यन्न गीयते ॥ 1222 

 

Na sa vidya na taddanam na tachchilpam na sa kala ।

Na tatsthairyam hi dhaninam yachakairyatra ॥

 

There is no education, no charity, no skill, no artistry, no resoluteness,

which has not been made the attribute of rich patrons being praised by their suppliants.

 

द्विगुणं त्रिगुणं वित्तं भाण्डक्रयविचक्षणाः ।
प्राप्नुवन्त्युद्यमाल्लोका दूरदेशान्तरं गताः ॥ 1223

Dvigunam trigunam vittam bhandakraya vicakshanah ।
Prapnuvantyudyamalloka duradeshantaram gatah ॥

 

People who go to foreign countries seem to acquire business

capabilities to sell goods at twice or thrice the price.

 

गोष्ठिककर्मनियुक्तः श्रेष्ठी चिन्तयति चेतसा हृष्टः ।
वसुधा वसुसंपूर्णा मयाद्य लब्धा किमन्येन ॥ 1224

Goshtikakarmaniyuktah shreshti chintayati chetasa hrushtah ।
Vasudha vasusampurna mayadya labdha kim anyena ॥

 

A man entrusted with a company's business delighted at heart thinks,

‘I have today obtained the whole earth full of wealth, why want anything else?

 

स्तोकेनोन्नतिमायाति स्तोकेनायात्यधोगतिम् ।

अहो सुसदृशी वृत्तिस्तुलाकोटेः खलस्य च ॥ 1225

 

Stokenonnatimayati stokenayatyadhogatim ।

Aho susadrushi vruttistulakoteh khalasya cha ॥

 

Wicked people are like the rod of a weighing machine which moves with slight

weight difference. They become happy or sad by the mere sign of prosperity or poverty.