On account of their power to remove the fears of others, men having riches and followers are considered as foremost by the learned. Those, who seek common-place happiness, practise this duty of universal harmlessness for the sake of fame; while they, who are truly skilled, practise the same for attaining to Brahma.
ततस्तानेव कवयः शास्त्रेषु प्रवदन्त्युत। कीर्त्यर्थमल्पहल्लेखाः पटवः कृत्स्ननिर्णया:॥