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दुर्लभं मानुषं जन्म ब्राह्मणत्वं विशेषतः ।। तत्रापि तापसत्वं च दुर्लभं मुनिसत्तम ।। १३ ।।

O excellent sage, birth as a man is very difficult to obtain; especially that as a brahmin. Even there the state of an ascetic is very rarely achieved.

english translation

durlabhaM mAnuSaM janma brAhmaNatvaM vizeSataH || tatrApi tApasatvaM ca durlabhaM munisattama || 13 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript