Constant association with riches and prosperity is sure to fill him with pride and cause him to be stupefied. If the Brahmanas become stupefied and steeped in folly., virtue and duties are sure to suffer destruction. Forsooth, if virtue and duty come to an end, it will lead to the destruction of all creatures.
श्रिया ह्यभीक्ष्णं संवासो दर्पयेत् सम्प्रमोहयेत्। ब्राह्मणेषु प्रमूढेषु धर्मो विप्रणशेद् ध्रुवम्। धर्मप्रणाशे भूतानामभावः स्यान्न संशयः॥