धीरमपि प्रयत्नवन्तमपि पुरुषमियं खलीकरोति लक्ष्मी

विद्वांसमपि सचेतनमपि महासत्वमपि अभिजातमपि धीरमपि प्रयत्नवन्तमपि पुरुषमियं खलीकरोति लक्ष्मी॥

बाणभट्टविरचिते कादंबर्याः पूर्वभागे॥

vidvāṁsamapi sacetanamapi mahāsatvamapi abhijātamapi dhīramapi prayatnavantamapi puruṣamiyaṁ khalīkaroti lakṣmī||

bānabhaṭṭavircite kādaṁbaryāḥ pūrvabhāge||

A very wise statement by the great Poet Banabhatta in his legendary Gadhyakaavyam.. Kaadambari..

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The irrepressible and quirky minded goddess of wealth Lakshmi can convert even a man

who is learned,

who is sensitive and kind,

who is very strong physically and mentally,

who is high born,

who is very bold and steadfast

and

who is industrious

into a bad, evil minded and wayward person

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Lakshmi is the Goddess who makes one affluent.. Possession of wealth often makes one drunk with arrogance, and easy money makes him a spendthrift and pleasure loving, and makes him prone to all bad habits and bad company too which is easy to acquire when on has easy money to throw around

Of course, if one has money and he would spend it for his own good and the welfare of others, that would be nice..

But that does not happen very often..

Regards

k v ananthanarayanan.