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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.14.35

క్‍వచిన్మిథో వ్యవహరన్ యత్కిఞ్చిద్ధనముపయాతి విత్తశాఠ్యేన ॥ ౩౫ ॥
kvacin mitho vyavaharan yat kiṣcid dhanam upayāti vitta-śāṭhyena.
[kvachin mitho vyavaharan yat kishchid dhanam upayaati vitta-shaathyena.]
kvacit — sometimes or somewhere mithaḥ vyavaharan — transacting with each other yat — whatever kiṣcit — little bit dhanam — material benefit or wealth upayāti — he obtains vitta-śāṭhyena — by means of cheating someone of his wealth.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kvacin mitho vyavaharan yat kiṣcid dhanam upayāti vitta-śāṭhyena.
kvacit
sometimes or somewhere
mithaḥ vyavaharan
transacting with each other
yat
whatever
kiṣcit
little bit
dhanam
material benefit or wealth
upayāti
he obtains
vitta-śāṭhyena
by means of cheating someone of his wealth.
Sometimes conditioned souls exchange money, but in due course of time, enmity arises because of cheating. Although there may be a tiny profit, the conditioned souls cease to be friends and become enemies.

As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (5.5.8) :

puṁsaḥ striyā mithunī-bhāvam etaṁ tayor mitho hṛdaya-granthim āhuḥ ato gṛha-kṣetra-sutāpta-vittair janasya moho ’yam ahaṁ mameti

The monkeylike conditioned soul first becomes attached to sex, and when intercourse actually takes place he becomes more attached. He then requires some material comforts — apartment, house, food, friends, wealth and so on. In order to acquire these things he has to cheat others, and this creates enmity even among the most intimate friends. Sometimes this enmity is created between the conditioned soul and the father or spiritual master. Unless one is firmly fixed in the regulative principles, one may perform mischievous acts, even if one is a member of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. We therefore advise our disciples to strictly follow the regulative principles; otherwise the most important movement for the upliftment of humanity will be hampered due to dissension among its members. Those who are serious about pushing forward this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement should remember this and strictly follow the regulative principles so that their minds will not be disturbed.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Sometimes in mutual transactions he obtains a little wealth by cheating. This verse explains SB 5.13.11.
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