अन्यायवित्तेन कृतोऽपि धर्मः
सव्याज इत्याहुरशेषलोकाः ।
न्यायार्जितार्थेन स एव धर्मो
निर्व्याज इत्यार्यजना वदन्ति ॥

anyāya-vittena kṛto’pi dharmaḥ
savyāja ity āhur aśeṣa-lokāḥ |
nyāyārjitārthena sa eva dharmo
nirvyāja ity ārya-janā vadanti ||
(Mahāsubhāṣita-saṅgraha: 1801; Subhāṣita-ratna-bhāṇḍāgāra)

“Everyone says even dharma performed with unlawful wealth is deceitful. Honorable persons say that same [act of] dharma performed with lawfully earned wealth is genuine [i.e., free from deceit].”

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