Shloka 125
Puṣkara-Śapatha Itihāsa (Agastya–Indra Dispute at the Tīrthas) | पुष्कर-शपथ-आख्यानम्
अशुचिर्त्रद्यकूटो5स्तु ऋद्धया चैवाप्यहंकृत: । कर्षको मत्सरी चास्तु बिसस्तैन्यं करोति य:
aśucir trayakūṭo 'stu ṛddhyā caivāpy ahaṅkṛtaḥ | karṣako matsarī cāstu bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ ||
毗湿瓦密多罗说道：“盗取莲丝（bisa）者，当成不净之人；当为否认《吠陀》者；当因财富而骄矜自满；当虽为婆罗门却执犁为农；并当怀嫉妒之心。此等皆为盗莲丝者所染之道德污垢。”
विश्वामित्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even seemingly minor theft (here, lotus-fibre) is treated as a serious breach of dharma, bringing moral and social degradation—impurity, envy, arrogance, and a fall from proper conduct and reverence for Vedic authority.
In a didactic passage of Anuśāsana Parva, Viśvāmitra pronounces the kinds of दोष/पाप (faults and sins) that are said to accrue to a person who steals lotus-fibres, listing the resulting moral taints and degraded dispositions.