The very sight and the touch of the sinful and conversation and association with them, cause diminution of virtue. Men (who act thus) never attain purity of soul.
असतां दर्शनात् स्पर्शात् संजल्पाच्च सहासनात् धर्माचाराः प्रहीयन्ते सिद्ध्यन्ति च न मानवाः॥