Simhasanadvatrimshika 12.10

12.10

uttiṣṭha kṣaṇamātram udvaha sakhe dāridryabhāraṃ mama,
śrāntas tāvad ahaṃ ciraṃ maraṇajaṃ seve tvadīyaṃ sukham;
ity uktaṃ dhanavarjitasya vacanaṃ śrutvā śmaśāne śavo
dāridryān maraṇaṃ varaṃ param iti jñātvai 'va tūṣṇīṃ sthitaḥ. || 10 ||

'Arise for just a moment, friend, and take up the burden of my poverty; / exhausted as I am, let me enjoy for a while your bliss born of death.' / Hearing this speech of the destitute man in the cremation ground, a corpse / remained completely silent, knowing that death is far better than poverty. || 10