By riches, the king acquires great honours. Indeed, riches conceal his very sins, as a dress conceals such parts of a female form as should not be exposed to the public gaze.
श्रियो हि कारणाद् राजा सक्रियां लभते पराम्। सास्य गृहति पापानि वासो गुह्यमिव स्त्रियाः॥