Manava Dharmashastra 4.8

4.8

yo yaḥ svalpakālasañcayaḥ sa sa dharmejjyāyānadhikaḥ |
dharmādhikyācca phalādhikyaṃ bhavati lokajittamaḥ | lokāṃñjayatyādhipatyenāvatiṣṭhate, bhogyatayā svīkaroti | prakarṣavivakṣāyāṃ tamaḥ | aviśeṣopādānā'llokaḥ' svargaḥ pratīyate |
teneyamatra vyavasthā | mahāparigraho yo bahupatyā'saṃvibhaktaputraḥ akṛtakanyāvivāhaśca sa 'kusūladhānyakaḥ' | yastu pariṇatavayāḥ aprāptaputraḥ kṛtakaraṇaḥ sa yāvadyāvacchaknometi tāvattāvaditarānkalpānāśrayet |

‘Agriculture and Trade, not carried on by oneself, and money-lending’ as permissible in normal times. But even when one carries on trade and agriculture, not by oneself, but through others,—there is something improper in this also; though the impropriety may be a small one.