Though distressed for want of the means of support yet you are actuated by the greatness of your mind to disregard such means as are open to you for getting your sustenance. It is for this that you are so pale and lean.
अवृत्त्या क्लिश्यमानोऽपि वृत्त्युपायान् विगर्हयन्। माहात्म्याद् व्यथसे नूनं तेनासि हरिणः कृशः॥