Wealth begets family prestige. wealth multiples one's religious merit. He who is without wealth has neither this world, nor the next,O foremost of men.
धनात् कुलं प्रभवति धनाद् धर्म प्रवर्धते। नाधनस्यास्त्ययं लोको न परः पुरुषोत्तम॥