अधर्मोपचितं वित्तं हरन्त्यन्येऽल्पमेधस: । सम्भोजनीयापदेशैर्जलानीव जलौकस: ॥ २२ ॥
adharmopacitaṁ vittaṁ haranty anye ’lpa-medhasaḥ sambhojanīyāpadeśair jalānīva jalaukasaḥ
- adharma
- by irreligious means
- upacitam
- gathered
- vittam
- wealth
- haranti
- steal
- anye
- other persons
- alpa-medhasaḥ
- of one who is unintelligent
- sambhojanīya
- as requiring support
- apadeśaiḥ
- by the false designations
- jalāni
- water
- iva
- as
- jala-okasaḥ
- of a resident of the water
In the guise of dear dependents, strangers steal the sinfully acquired wealth of a foolish man, just as the offspring of a fish drink up the water that sustains the fish.