The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Praśnottararatnamālikā

Verse 42

कुत्र विषं दुष्टजने किमिहाशौचं भवेतृणं नृणाम् ।किमभयमिह वैराम्यं भयमपि किं वित्तमेव सर्वेषाम् ॥ ४१ ॥

In plain words

Where does poison live? In a bad person. What is real impurity? A debt you owe. What is freedom from fear? Wanting nothing. And what is fear? Money — for every single one of us.

Close to the Sanskrit

Where is poison? In a wicked person. What here would be impurity for men? Debt. What here is fearlessness? Dispassion. And what is fear? Wealth alone, for all.