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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 27]
teṣu tad-riktha-hāreṣu gṛha-kośānujīviṣu nirūḍhena mamatvena viṣayeṣu anvabadhyata
teṣu —to them;  tat-riktha-hāreṣu —the plunderers of his money;  gṛha-home ;  kośa —treasury;  anujīviṣu —to the followers;  nirūḍhena —deep-rooted;  mamatvena —by attachment;  viṣayeṣu —to sense objects;  anvabadhyata —became bound.
TRANSLATION
These sons and grandsons were virtually plunderers of King Purañjana's riches, including his home, treasury, servants, secretaries and all other paraphernalia. Purañjana's attachment for these things was very deep-rooted.
PURPORT
In this verse the word  riktha-hāreṣu , meaning plunderers of wealth, is very significant. One's sons, grandsons and other descendants are ultimately plunderers of one's accumulated wealth. There are many celebrated businessmen and industrialists who produce great wealth and are highly praised by the public, but all their money is ultimately plundered by their sons and grandsons. In India we have actually seen one industrialist, who, like King Purañjana, was very much sexually inclined and had a half dozen wives. Each of these wives had a separate establishment that necessitated the expenditure of several thousands of rupees. When I was engaged in talking with him, I saw that he was very busy trying to secure money so that all his sons and daughters would get at least 500,000 rupees each. Thus such industrialists, businessmen or  karmīs  are called  mūḍhas  in the  śāstras . They work very hard, accumulate money, and are satisfied to see that this money is plundered by their sons and grandsons. Such people do not want to return their wealth to its actual owner. As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā :
bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ sarva-loka-maheśvaram suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ jñātvā māṁ śāntim ṛcchati
“The sages, knowing Me as the ultimate purpose of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attain peace from the pangs of material miseries.” (Bg. 5.29)