15 anantaraṁ sa lokānavadat lobhe sāvadhānāḥ satarkāśca tiṣṭhata, yato bahusampattiprāptyā manuṣyasyāyu rna bhavati|
16 paścād dṛṣṭāntakathāmutthāpya kathayāmāsa, ekasya dhanino bhūmau bahūni śasyāni jātāni|
17 tataḥ sa manasā cintayitvā kathayāmbabhūva mamaitāni samutpannāni dravyāṇi sthāpayituṁ sthānaṁ nāsti kiṁ kariṣyāmi?
18 tatovadad itthaṁ kariṣyāmi, mama sarvvabhāṇḍāgārāṇi bhaṅktvā bṛhadbhāṇḍāgārāṇi nirmmāya tanmadhye sarvvaphalāni dravyāṇi ca sthāpayiṣyāmi|
19 aparaṁ nijamano vadiṣyāmi, he mano bahuvatsarārthaṁ nānādravyāṇi sañcitāni santi viśrāmaṁ kuru bhuktvā pītvā kautukañca kuru| kintvīśvarastam avadat,
20 re nirbodha adya rātrau tava prāṇāstvatto neṣyante tata etāni yāni dravyāṇi tvayāsāditāni tāni kasya bhaviṣyanti?
21 ataeva yaḥ kaścid īśvarasya samīpe dhanasañcayamakṛtvā kevalaṁ svanikaṭe sañcayaṁ karoti sopi tādṛśaḥ|