As in the Eastern hills, jewels and metals blaze with greater effulgence on account of their nearness to the Sun, so the lowest order shines on account of their association with the good.
यथोदयगिरौ द्रव्यं संनिकर्षेण दीप्यते। तथा सत्संनिकर्षेण हीनवर्णोऽपि दीप्यते॥