निष्फलं च गतं जन्म गच्छ मिथ्यादुराशया । आशा हि परमं दुःखं नैराश्यं परमं सुखम्
niṣphalaṃ ca gataṃ janma gaccha mithyādurāśayā | āśā hi paramaṃ duḥkhaṃ nairāśyaṃ paramaṃ sukham
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.