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कसाय-अओ
53.
Even a poor man should look upon himself to be rich if his righteous conduct is not slackened. Wealth earned in deceptive ways is indeed perilous and ends in distressful state, while it acquired by fair means, tends to peacefully live.
54
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Having seen the gain obtained through deception, the avaricious become eager to practise it. But they should fairly think of the ruin of career brought about by hypocrisy.
55. Wealth obtained through deceit, does not last long, and such wealth cannot be enjoyed with case; it also proves destructive to kinsmen and it gives rise to a series of miseries.
56
.: One should not resort to deception, the generator of disbelief, the axe in uprooting the line of trees in the form of reputation, the pricking thorn in the heart and a path leading to degradation.
