A person by committing theft for his preceptor in a time of distress, is not sullied by that sin. One, however, who commits theft for procuring enjoyments for himself, becomes stained.
स्तेयं कुर्वंच गुर्वर्थमापत्सु न निषिध्यते। बहुशः कामकारेण न चेद् यः सम्प्रवर्तते॥