सुभाषितरत्नभाण्डागार - विराजते

दरिद्रता धीरतया विराजते
    कुरूपता श्रीलतया विराजते ।
कुभोजनं चोष्णतया विराजते
    कुवस्त्रता शुभ्रतया विराजते ॥

- सुभाषितरत्नभाण्डागार

daridratA dhIratayaa virAjate
    kurUpataa shrIlatayA virAjate ।
kubhojanam cha uShNatayA virAjate
    kuvastratA shubhratayA virAjate ॥

- subhAShitaratnabhANDAgAra

Downside of poverty can to compensated by courage. If someone is not beautiful, then they can wear some ornaments. If food is not tasty, it can be remedied to some extent by heating. Clothes of bad quality can be kept clean to impress.

- Subhashitaratnabhandagara

महाभारत - उद्योग - क्षुत्

संपन्नतरमेवान्नं दरिद्रा भुंजते सदा ।
क्षुत् स्वादुतां जनयति सा चाढ्येषु सुदुर्लभा ॥

- महाभारत, उद्योग

sampannataram eva annam daridrA bhujante sadA ।
kShut svAdutAm janayati sA cha ADhyeShu sudurlabhA ॥

- mahAbhArata, udyoga

Poor people always eat tasty food. Their hunger puts taste in what ever they eat. This taste is elusive for the rich.

- Mahabharata, Udyoga

कलिविडंबन - दारिद्र्य

शत्रौ सांत्वं प्रतीकारः सर्वरोगेषु भेषजम् ।
मृत्योर्मृत्युंजयध्यानं दारिद्र्ये तु न किंचन ॥

- कलिविडंबन

shatrau sAntvam pratIkAraH sarvarogeShu bheShajam ।
mRutyoH mRutyunjaya dhyAnam dAridrye tu na kinchana ॥

- kalividambana

Even the enemy can be made to drop the hatred by adept diplomacy. Every disease has a medicine. Even death can be put away (temporarily) by chanting the Mrityunjaya mantra. But poverty has no solution.

- Kalividambana