Maitreyi said: 'My Lord, if this whole earth, full of wealth, belonged to me, tell me, should I be immortal by it, or no?' 'No,' replied Yagnavalkya, 'like the life of rich people will be thy life. But there is no hope of immortality by wealth.'

In plain words: Maitreyi asks whether owning the whole rich earth would make her immortal. Yagnavalkya says no: she would live like a rich person, but money cannot give lasting life.