while others, again, become religious mendicants to destroy their lives.  Some for the sake of wealth are driven to madness; others for wealth, live under Subjection to their foes; while many others, again, for the sake of wealth, betake themselves to the servitude of others.  A man’s poverty is even more distressful to him than death, for wealth is the sole cause or virtue and pleasure.  The natural death of a person is not much regarded, for that is the eternal path of all creatures.  Indeed, none among created beings can transgress it.  O Krishna, a man who is poor from birth is not so much distressed as one, who, having once possessed great prosperity and having been brought up in luxury, is deprived of that prosperity.  Having through his own fault fallen into distress, such a person blameth the very gods with Indra and his own self.  Indeed, knowledge of even the entire scriptures faileth to mitigate his pains.  Sometimes he getteth angry with his servants, and sometimes he cherisheth malice towards even his well-wishers.  Subject to constant anger, he loseth his very senses, and his senses being clouded, be practiseth evil deeds.  Through sinfulness such a person contributeth to a fusion of castes.  A fusion of castes leadeth to hell and is the foremost of all sinful acts.  If he is not awakened in time, he goeth, certainly, O Krishna, to hell., and, indeed, wisdom is the only thing that can awaken him, for if he obtaineth back the eye of wisdom, he is saved.  When wisdom is regained, such a man turneth his attention to scriptures; and attention to scriptures aideth his virtue.  Then shame becometh his best ornament.  He that hath shame hath an aversion against sin, and his prosperity also increaseth; and he that hath prosperity truly becometh a man.  He that is ever devoted to virtue, and hath his mind under control, and always acteth after deliberation, never inclineth towards unrighteousness and never engageth in any act that is sinful.  He that is without shame and sense is neither man nor woman.  He is incapable of earning religious merit, and is like a Sudra.  He that hath shame gratifieth the gods, the Pitris, and even his own self, and by this he obtaineth emancipation, which indeed, is the highest aim of all righteous persons.’

’Thou hast, O slayer of Madhu, seen all this in me with thy own eyes.  It is not unknown to thee, how, deprived of kingdom, we have lived these years.  We cannot lawfully abandon that prosperity (which had been ours).  Our first-efforts will be such that, O Madhava, both ourselves and the Kauravas, united in peace, will quietly enjoy our prosperity.  Otherwise, we shall, after slaying the worst of the Kauravas, regain those provinces, although success through bloodshed by destruction of even despicable foes that are related to us so dearly is the worst of all fierce deeds, O Krishna.  We have numerous kinsmen, and numerous also are the revered seniors that have taken this or that other side.  The