दुःखशोकमहाष्ठीलः कष्टकण्टकसंकटः ।सहस्रशाखतां याति दारिद्र्यदृढशाल्मलिः
In plain words
The strong śālmali-tree of poverty -- its great hard core sorrow and grief, crowded with the thorns of hardship -- spreads into a thousand branches.
दुःखशोकमहाष्ठीलः कष्टकण्टकसंकटः ।सहस्रशाखतां याति दारिद्र्यदृढशाल्मलिः
The strong śālmali-tree of poverty -- its great hard core sorrow and grief, crowded with the thorns of hardship -- spreads into a thousand branches.