[387] "So it is, great king! So it is, great king! When a bad man (asappurisa), great king, has obtained abundant riches, he does not make himself happy and satisfied; he does not make his mother and father happy and satisfied; he does not make his children and wife happy and satisfied; he does not make his slaves, workers, and servants happy and satisfied; he does not make his friends and colleagues happy and satisfied; he does not establish among ascetics and brahmins an offering (dakkhiṇā) that leads upward, connected with heaven, ripening in happiness, conducive to heaven. Those riches of his, thus not being rightly used, kings carry off, or thieves carry off, or fire burns, or water sweeps away, or unloved heirs carry off. Such being the case, great king, those riches, not being rightly used, go to waste, not to use.
"Suppose, great king, in a place uninhabited by human beings there were a lotus pond—its water clear, its water cool, its water agreeable, limpid, with good fords, delightful—and people would neither carry that water away, nor drink it, nor bathe in it, nor put it to use as need might be. In such a case, great king, that water, not being rightly used, would go to waste, not to use. In the same way, great king, when a bad man has obtained abundant riches, he does not make himself happy and satisfied … Such being the case, great king, those riches, not being rightly used, go to waste, not to use."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.