Dhammapada 5.3.p2

5.3.p2

Sāvatthiyaṃ kira ānandaseṭṭhi nāma cattālīsakoṭivibhavo mahāmaccharī ahosi. So anvaḍḍhamāsaṃ ñātake sannipātetvā puttaṃ mūlasiriṃ nāma tīsu velāsu evaṃ ovadati – ‘‘idaṃ cattālīsakoṭidhanaṃ ‘bahū’’’ti mā saññaṃ kari, vijjamānaṃ dhanaṃ na dātabbaṃ, navaṃ dhanaṃ uppādetabbaṃ. Ekekampi hi kahāpaṇaṃ vayaṃ karontassa pana khīyateva. Tasmā –

At Sāvatthi, we are told, lived a treasurer named Ānanda. He had eighty crores of treasure, but he was a great miser. Every fortnight he would gather his kinsfolk together and admonish his son Mūlasiri on these three points: "Do not think that these eighty crores of treasure are a large sum. What one possesses one should never give away. One should always be acquiring more. For if a man lets penny after penny slip through his fingers, slowly but surely his substance wastes away. Therefore it is said,