O King!
- This greed is the greatest enemy of a man, residing in his own body;
- this greed is the root of all evils, of all sins. Life is in danger due to this covetousness.
- It is due to this greed that quarrels ensue amongst the several castes, the Brâhmins, etc., and that the human beings are very much troubled with thirst after worldly enjoyments.
- This greed makes a man forsake all his religious rites and long existing customs and observances of his family; and it is due to this avarice of gold that men kill their fathers, mothers, brothers, friends, Gurus, sons, acquaintances, sisters, and sisters-in-law and others. Really when a man is bent on avarice, nothing heinous remains to him that cannot be done by him.
- This greed is a more powerful enemy than anger, lust and egoism.
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