धर्मिष्टं धनं नॄणां ।

dharma iṣṭaṁ dhanaṁ nṝṇāṁ |
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.19.39; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa-ṭīkā: 16.270)

[Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa answer’s Uddhava’s question, “What is wealth?”:] “Dharma is desirable wealth [i.e., not cows, horses, etc.].”

Commentary

uttamaṁ dhanaṁ dharma-lakṣaṇam |
(Excerpt from the Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā on Hari-bhakti-vilāsa)

“The greatest wealth is an attribute of dharma [i.e., dharma is the greatest wealth, not money, land, etc.].”

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