अकिंचनत्वं राज्यम च तुलया समतोलयत्
अकिंचनत्वमधिकं राज्यादपि जितात्मन:

akiṃcanatvaṃ rājyama ca tulayā samatolayat
akiṃcanatvamadhikaṃ rājyādapi jitātmana:

If poverty and kingship are weighed against each other, to a self-controlled person, poverty would be superior to a kingship.

Mahaasubhaasitasamgraha, pg 173, 72