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दरिद्रो निरहंस्तम्भो मुक्तः सर्वमदैरिह ।
कृच्छ्रं यदृच्छयाप्नोति तद्धि तस्य परं तपः ॥ १५ ॥
 
daridro niraham-stambho
muktah sarva-madair iha
krcchram yadrcchayapnoti
tad dhi tasya param tapah
daridrah-a poverty-stricken person; nir-aham-stambhah-is automatically freed from all false prestige; muktah-liberated; sarva-all; madaih-from false ego; iha-in this world; krcchram-with great difficulty; yadrcchaya apnoti-what he gains by chance from providence; tat-that; hi-indeed; tasya-his; param-perfect; tapah-austerity.