Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 16


Sanskrit:

यशो यशस्विनां शुद्धं श्लाघ्या ये गुणिनां गुणा: ।लोभ: स्वल्पोऽपि तान् हन्ति श्वित्रो रूपमिवेप्सितम् ॥ १६ ॥

ITRANS:

yaśo yaśasvināṁ śuddhaṁślāghyā ye guṇināṁ guṇāḥlobhaḥ sv-alpo ’pi tān hantiśvitro rūpam ivepsitam

Translation:

Whatever pure fame is possessed by the famous and whatever praiseworthy qualities are found in the virtuous are destroyed by even a small amount of greed, just as one’s attractive physical beauty is ruined by a trace of white leprosy.

Purport: