O sire, virtue is sometimes (the indirect cause of) the weakness of men. Dharina and Artha forsake such men, as pain and pleasure forsake a dead man.
सर्वथाधर्मनित्यं तु पुरुषंधर्मदुर्बलम्। त्यजतस्तात्धर्मार्थों प्रेतं दुःखसुखे यथा॥