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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 13]
begging is unsuccessful, he borrows. If he cannot pay, he steals, and when he is caught, he is insulted. This is the law of material existence. No one can live here very honestly; therefore by trickery, cheating, begging, borrowing or stealing, one tries to satisfy his senses. Thus no one in this material world is living peacefully.
TEXT 13
अन्योन्यवित्तव्यतिषङ्गवृद्ध-
वैरानुबन्धो विवहन्मिथश्च ।
अध्वन्यमुष्मिन्नुरुक्कृच्छ्रवित्त-
बाधोपसर्गैर्विहरन् विपन्नः ॥१३॥
anyonya-vitta-vyatiṣaṅga-vṛddha- vairānubandho vivahan mithaś ca adhvany amuṣminn uru-kṛcchra-vitta- bādhopasargair viharan vipannaḥ
anyonya —with one another;  vitta-vyatiṣaṅga —by monetary transactions;  vṛddha —increased;  vaira-anubandhaḥ —one is encumbered by enmity;  vivahan —sometimes marrying;  mithaḥ —one another;  ca —and;  adhvani —on the path of material existence;  amuṣmin —that;  uru-kṛcchra —by great difficulties;  vitta-bādha —by scarcity of money;  upasargaiḥ —by diseases;  viharan —wandering;  vipannaḥ —one becomes fully embarrassed.
TRANSLATION
Due to monetary transactions, relationships become very strained and end in enmity. Sometimes the husband and wife walk on the path of material progress, and to maintain their relationship they work very hard. Sometimes due to scarcity of money or due to diseased conditions, they are embarrassed and almost die.
PURPORT
In this material world, there are many transactions between peoples and societies as well as between nations, but gradually these end in en-