The Four Sources of Depletion of the Wealth

Byagghapajja, the wealth thus amassed has four sources of depletion:

(1) womanizing,

(2) drunkenness (heedlessness),

(3) gambling,

(4) unwholesome friendship, unwholesome companionship, unwholesome comradeship.

Byagghapajja, just as if there were a large reservoir with four inlets and four outlets, and a man would close the inlets and open the outlets, and sufficient rain does not fall, one could predict the water in the reservoir to decrease rather than increase;

Byagghapajja, so the wealth thus amassed has four sources of depletion:

(1) womanizing,

(2) drunkenness (heedlessness),

(3) gambling,

(4) unwholesome friendship, unwholesome companionship, unwholesome comradeship.

The Four Sources of Accumulation of the Wealth