Suktimuktavali 41

41

Now the section on possessions:
Producing turbidity in water just as in a fool, uprooting the tree of righteousness, / distressing the lotus pond of prudence, compassion, and patience, expanding the ocean of greed, / breaking down the riverbanks of propriety, and sending into exile the swan of the pure mind— / does not the swollen flood of the river of possessions cause torment? (41)