Therefore, O Bharata, you must know that even the very ascetics also are devoted to action. The Vaikhanasas, however, are said to preach that he who does not seek for wealth is superior to him that seeks for it. I think that he who would follow that precept would be visited by many shortcomings.
कर्मनिष्ठांश्च बुद्ध्येथास्तपोनिष्ठांश्च पार्थिव। वैखानसानां कौन्तेय वचनं श्रूयते यथा॥ ईहेत धनहेतोर्यस्तस्यानीहा गरीयसी। भूयान् दोषो हि वर्धेत् यस्तं धनमुपाश्रयेत्॥