Virtue is not always the root of Profit, for other things then Virtue lead to Wealth. There is again the opposite view. In some cases, Wealth acquired has produced evil. Other things again than Wealth have brought on the acquisition of Virtue. Therefore, an ignorant man, whose understanding has been debased by ignorance, never succeeds in acquiring the highest object of Virtue and Profit, viz., Emancipation.
अर्थार्थमन्यद् भवति विपरीतमथापरम्। अनर्थार्थमवाप्यार्थमन्यत्राद्योपकारकम्। बुद्ध्याबुद्धिरिहार्थे न तदज्ञाननिकृष्टया।॥