A person may be seen to live who abstains from all works and who is well-content with whatever little is gained without exertion. By living amid the righteous, one succeeds in acquiring pure virtue, Similarly one by living amid the sinful, becomes sullied with sin.
निरारम्भोऽप्ययमिह यथालब्धोपजीवनः। पुण्यं पुण्येषु विमलं पापं पापेषु चाप्नुयात्॥