Adi Parva 230.20
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Adi Parva Chapter 230 · Verse 20
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Sanskrit Original
बिल आखोर्विनाशः स्यादग्नेराकाशचारिणाम्। अन्ववेक्ष्यैतदुभयं श्रेयान् दाहो न भक्षणम्॥
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If we enter the hole, the mouse will kill us. If we remain where we are, the sky-ranger Agni will destroys us. Taking both the (two) calamities into our consideration, (we think) death from the fire is preferable to the death by being eaten up.