for there is the possibility of purchasing valuable commodities by a mass of accumulated articles of inferior value, collected from a vast and longstanding mine of inferior commodities.
My teacher says that of the two trade-routes, one by water and another by land, the former is better, inasmuch as it is less expensive, but productive of large profit.
सम्रुद्ध गतिर् असार्वकालिकः प्रकृष्ट भय योनिर् निष्प्रतीकारश् च वारि पथः, विपरीतः स्थल पथः ॥
for water route is liable to obstruction, not permanent, a source of imminent dangers, and incapable of defence, whereas a land-route is of reverse nature.