They heard this proposal of theirs with laughter and ridicule for this (proposed) deed was against virtue, worldly benefit and desire as also against the principles of an honest man.
तेषामेतमभिप्रायमाचचक्षे स्मयन्निव। धर्मादर्थाच्च कामाच्च कर्म साधुविगर्हितम्॥