पणयिष्यन्ति वै क्षुद्रा: किराटा: कूटकारिण: । अनापद्यपि मंस्यन्ते वार्तां साधु जुगुप्सिताम् ॥ ३५ ॥
paṇayiṣyanti vai kṣudrāḥ kirāṭāḥ kūṭa-kāriṇaḥ anāpady api maṁsyante vārtāṁ sādhu jugupsitām
- paṇayiṣyanti
- will engage in commerce
- vai
- indeed
- kṣudrāḥ
- petty
- kirāṭāḥ
- the merchants
- kūṭa-kāriṇaḥ
- indulging in cheating
- anāpadi
- when there is no emergency
- api
- even
- maṁsyante
- people will consider
- vārtām
- an occupation
- sādhu
- good
- jugupsitām
- which is actually contemptible
Businessmen will engage in petty commerce and earn their money by cheating. Even when there is no emergency, people will consider any degraded occupation quite acceptable.