Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11
Sanskrit:
वार्तायां लुप्यमानायामारब्धायां पुन: पुन: ।लोभाभिभूतो नि:सत्त्व: परार्थे कुरुते स्पृहाम् ॥ ११ ॥
ITRANS:
vārtāyāṁ lupyamānāyāmārabdhāyāṁ punaḥ punaḥlobhābhibhūto niḥsattvaḥparārthe kurute spṛhām
Translation:
When he suffers reverses in his occupation, he tries again and again to improve himself, but when he is baffled in all attempts and is ruined, he accepts money from others because of excessive greed.