Shloka 9
अध्याय ५०: उत्तरेण सह अर्जुनस्य रथप्रयाणे ध्वजचिह्नैः कौरवसेनानिर्देशः
Arjuna directs Uttara by identifying Kaurava commanders through banners
तथाधिगगम्य वित्तानि को विकत्थेद् विचक्षण: । निकृत्या वज्चनायोगैश्वरन् वैतंसिको यथा
tathādhigamya vittāni ko vikatthhed vicakṣaṇaḥ | nikṛtyā vañcanāyogaiś caran vaitamsiko yathā ||
এনে ধৰণৰ ছলনাৰে লাভ কৰা ধন পাই কোন বিচক্ষণ মানুহে গৰ্ব কৰি ডিঙ মাৰিব? যেনেকৈ এজন পাখি-শিকাৰী ঠগাই আৰু ছল-কপটৰ কৌশলেৰে জীৱিকা চলায়, তেনেকৈ কপটবৃত্তিৰে ধন লাভ কৰি কোন জ্ঞানীয়ে নিজৰ মুখে নিজৰ প্ৰশংসা কৰিব?
कृप उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wealth gained through deceit and fraudulent stratagems is ethically tainted; a truly wise person feels no ground for self-praise from such gains and avoids boasting, emphasizing integrity and humility.
Kṛpa speaks critically about acquiring wealth by crooked means, using the example of a bird-catcher who survives through traps and deception, to argue that such earnings do not justify pride.