यस्मादर्था विवर्धन्ते येष्वधर्मः प्रतिष्ठितः। क्लिश्यन्ते धर्मशीलाश्च तस्मादेतौ निरर्थकौ॥
yasmādarthā vivardhante yeṣvadharmaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ| kliśyante dharmaśīlāśca tasmādetau nirarthakau||
English Meaning
But as prosperity attend those that are established in unrighteousness, and as those regardful of righteousness fare lamentably, these*have not the senses assigned to them (by the scriptures). *Virtue and vice.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)