It is said that virtue is the means of gaining the three objects, O lord of the universe; and he, who is desirous of getting them by this means increases in prosperity as fire in a heap of dry grass.
उपायं धर्ममेवाहुस्त्रिवर्गस्य विशाम्पते। लिप्समानो हि तेनाशु कक्षेऽग्निरिव वर्धते॥