Virtue, O king, is foremost of all. Profit is said to be middling. Desire it is said by the wise, is the lowest of the three.
धर्मो राजन् गुणः श्रेष्ठो मध्यमो ह्यर्थ उच्यते। कामो यवीयानिति च प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः॥