Poverty and PANdityam do not go hand in hand in most of the cases. There is a SubhAshitam which confirms this.
ParIkshya satkulam vidyA SIlam Sauryam surUpatAm !
vidhirdadAti nipuNah kanyAmiva daridratAm !!
After testing thoroughly one's good lineage, education, conduct, strength and beauty, destiny gifts a scholar poverty as bride.
Thus we can see the life of great scholars from good family background troubled by poverty all the time.
Let there be LakshmI katAksham all around.
ParIkshya satkulam vidyA SIlam Sauryam surUpatAm !
vidhirdadAti nipuNah kanyAmiva daridratAm !!
After testing thoroughly one's good lineage, education, conduct, strength and beauty, destiny gifts a scholar poverty as bride.
Thus we can see the life of great scholars from good family background troubled by poverty all the time.
Let there be LakshmI katAksham all around.