Shatakatraya 1.49

1.49

yad dhātrā nija-bhāla-paṭṭa-likhitaṃ stokaṃ mahad vā dhanaṃ
tat prāpnoti marusthale 'pi nitarāṃ merau tato nādhikam |
tad dhīro bhava vittavatsu kṛpaṇāṃ vṛttiṃ vṛthā sā kṛthāḥ
kūpe paśya payonidhāv api ghaṭo gṛhṇāti tulyaṃ jalam ||

Whatever wealth is written by the Creator on one's own forehead, whether small or great, / that a man obtains fully even in a desert, and not more than that on Mount Meru; / therefore be resolute, do not engage in that wretched groveling before the wealthy: / look, a jar draws equal water from a well or from the ocean.