Shanti Parva 140.18
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 140 · Verse 18
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Sanskrit Original
मुहूर्तमपि राजेन्द्र तिन्दुकालातवज्ज्वलेत्। न तुषाग्निरिवानर्चिधूमायेत चिरं नरः॥ नानार्थिकोऽर्थसम्बन्धं कृतघ्नेन समाचरेत्।
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It is better, O monarch, that a king should burn up for the time being like charcoal of ebony-wood than that he should smoulder and sinoke like chaff for many years.