Sometimes man renounces wealth, and sometimes wealth renounces man. What man endued with knowledge is there who would grieve at the loss of wealth? There are many other persons in the world who lose wealth and friends.
धनं वा पुरुषो राजन् पुरुषं वा पुनर्धनम्। अवश्यं प्रजहात्येव तद् विद्वान् कोऽनुसंज्वरेत्॥ अन्येषामपि नश्यन्ति सुहृदश्च धनानि च।