Brother, let my advice be always acted upon. I too have transacted business. Let this Samjivaka who eats corn be appointed to superintend the treasury. That being done, from that time onward, Pingalaka and Samjivaka passed their time in great friendship, having left off all other connexions. Then Damanaka and Karataka, finding that there was a relaxation in dealing out food even to the servants, consulted mutually. Then Damanaka said to Karataka - Friend, what is to be done? This is our own fault. And it is not proper to lament over an evil of one's own making. For it is said - I for having touched Svarnarekha, the procuress for having bound herself, the merchant for wishing to steal the gem - all these suffered for their own faults.