को न्वर्थतृष्णां विसृजेत्प्राणेभ्योऽपि य ईप्सित: । यं क्रीणात्यसुभि: प्रेष्ठैस्तस्कर: सेवको वणिक् ॥ १० ॥
ko nv artha-trsnam visrjet pranebhyo ’pi ya ipsitah yam krinaty asubhih presthais taskarah sevako vanik
- kah
- who
- nu
- indeed
- artha-trsnam
- a strong desire to acquire money
- visrjet
- can give up
- pranebhyah
- than life
- api
- indeed
- yah
- which
- ipsitah
- more desired
- yam
- which
- krinati
- tries to acquire
- asubhih
- with his own life
- presthaih
- very dear
- taskarah
- a thief
- sevakah
- a professional servant
- vanik
- a merchant.
Money is so dear that one conceives of money as being sweeter than honey. Therefore, who can give up the desire to accumulate money, especially in household life? Thieves, professional servants (soldiers) and merchants try to acquire money even by risking their very dear lives.