वित्तेषु नित्याभिनिविष्टचेता विद्वांश्च दोषं परवित्तहर्तु: । प्रेत्येह वाथाप्यजितेन्द्रियस्त- दशान्तकामो हरते कुटुम्बी ॥ १५ ॥
vittesu nityabhinivista-ceta vidvams ca dosam para-vitta-hartuh pretyeha vathapy ajitendriyas tad asanta-kamo harate kutumbi
- vittesu
- in material wealth
- nitya-abhinivista-cetah
- whose mind is always absorbed
- vidvan
- having learned
- ca
- also
- dosam
- the fault
- para-vitta-hartuh
- of one who steals the money of others by cheating or by transactions on the black market
- pretya
- after dying
- iha
- in this material world
- va
- or
- athapi
- still
- ajita-indriyah
- because of being unable to control the senses
- tat
- that
- asanta-kamah
- whose desires are unsatiated
- harate
- steals
- kutumbi
- too fond of his family
If a person too attached to the duties of family maintenance is unable to control his senses, the core of his heart is immersed in how to accumulate money. Although he knows that one who takes the wealth of others will be punished by the law of the government, and by the laws of Yamaraja after death, he continues cheating others to acquire money.