Verily the gods, even behave thus. The eternal precepts of the Vedas also approve of it. To learn, teach, sacrifice, and assist at others sacrifices,-these are our primary duties. The wealth that kings appropriate from others, becomes the instrument of their prosperity. Wealth is never acquired without doing some injury to others.
इति देवा व्यवसिता वेदवादाश्च शाश्वताः। अधीयतेऽध्यापयन्ते यजन्ते याजयन्ति च॥ कृत्स्नं तदेव तच्छेरूयो यदप्याददतेऽन्यतः। न पश्यामोऽनपकृतं धनं किंचित् क्वचिद् वयम्॥