Shloka 8
धन-यज्ञ-दानविवेकः
Wealth, Sacrifice, and Disciplined Giving
कृच्छाच्च द्रव्यसंहारं कुर्वन्ति धनकारणात् । धनेन तृषितो<बुद्धया भ्रूणहत्यां न बुद्धयते
kṛcchāc ca dravyasaṃhāraṃ kurvanti dhanakāraṇāt | dhanena tṛṣito 'buddhyā bhrūṇahatyāṃ na buddhyate ||
धनाच्या कारणाने लोक मोठ्या कष्टाने नानाविध द्रव्यांचा संग्रह करतात. पण धनतृष्णेने तळमळणारा मनुष्य अविवेकामुळे हे समजत नाही की तो भ्रूणहत्येसारख्या पापातही गुंतू शकतो.
देवस्थान उवाच
Educational Q&A
Craving for wealth can eclipse moral discernment; when one becomes "thirsty" for money, one may commit or abet extremely grave wrongdoing without even recognizing it as sin.
The speaker (Devastāna) is delivering a dharma-oriented admonition: people labor intensely to accumulate wealth, but obsession with it leads to ethical blindness, so that even acts comparable to bhrūṇahatya can be incurred unknowingly.