But where wealth is more than sufficient, there should be no expenditure of wealth. In such cases investment of wealth is like the scratching of an ass, which is first pleasurable and then painful.
अर्थेन तु समो नार्थो यत्र लभ्येत नोदयः। न तत्र विपणः कार्यः खरकण्डूयनं हि तत्॥