अकपर्द्दकस्य विफलं जनुरिति जानीमहे महेशोऽपि । akaparddakasya viphalaṃ januriti jānīmahe maheśo’pi |

Sanskrit text:

अकपर्द्दकस्य विफलं जनुरिति जानीमहे महेशोऽपि ।
शिरसि कृतेन कपर्द्दी भवति जटाजूटकेनापि ॥

akaparddakasya viphalaṃ januriti jānīmahe maheśo’pi |
śirasi kṛtena kaparddī bhavati jaṭājūṭakenāpi || 

Meter name: Āryā; Type: Mātrācchanda; 19 syllables per quarter (pāda).

Primary English translation:

“We know that one’s existence is frustrating when there is no money even though one may be a great lord. But he is rich even with matted hair on the head.”

(translation by A. A. Ramanathan)