अन्तपालः पण्यसम्पातानुग्रहेण वर्तयति वैदेहकास्तु पण्यानामुत्कर्षापकर्षं कुर्वाणाः पणे पणशतं कुम्भे कुम्भशतमित्याजीवन्ति ॥ कZ_०८.४.३६ ॥
antapālaḥ paṇyasampātānugraheṇa vartayati vaidehakāstu sambhūya paṇyānāmutkarṣāpakarṣaṃ kurvāṇāḥ paṇe paṇaśataṃ kumbhe kumbhaśatam ityājīvanti
The frontier-guard makes his living by granting favours regarding the arrival/flow of goods; but Vaidehakas, acting together, manipulate the rise and fall of prices of goods and thus make a living—earning ‘a hundred on a coin, a hundred jars on a jar’.
Frontier-guard: gatekeeping/bribe-for-access; Vaidehakas: cartel collusion and price manipulation.