He who has amassed great wealth but does not enjoy it is reckoned as dead, like his unused heap.§
Believing wealth is everything, yet giving away nothing, the miser himself will be possessed by a miserable birth.§
The mere sight of men who lust after wealth, caring nothing for renown, is a burden to the Earth. §
What could a man, unloved by even a single soul, imagine he might leave to posterity?§
Amid millions heaped high, a man remains poor if he neither gives away his wealth nor enjoys it himself.§
Vast wealth can be a wretched curse to one who neither gladdens himself in its worth nor gives to the worthy.§
The wealth of a greedy man who gives nothing to the needy is like the beauty of a maiden growing old unwed.§
The wealth of a man whom no heart loves is like fruits on a poisonous tree in the heart of a village.§
He who casts out love and dharma and chooses self-denial so wealth can pile high will see it seized by strangers.§
The short-lived poverty of a benevolent rich man is like the temporary dryness of a bountiful rain cloud.§