परिक्षीणः अन्यात्तस्वः कदर्यः व्यसनी अत्याहितव्यवहारश्च इति लुब्धवर्गः ॥ कZ_०१.१४.०४ ॥
parikṣīṇaḥ anyāttasvaḥ kadaryaḥ vyasanī atyāhitavyavahāraś ca iti lubdhavargaḥ
The ‘greedy set’ consists of those who are financially depleted, live on others’ property, are miserly, addicted to vices, and engage in excessively harmful/unscrupulous dealings.
To identify predictable leverage points—poverty, dependence, vice, and unscrupulous conduct—that make a person more recruitable via inducements and easier to control.
That financially stressed and vice-prone actors are high-risk nodes for bribery, leakage, and manipulation—both inside one’s state and in an adversary’s.