One man should be sacrificed for the benefit of a race; a race should be sacrificed for he good a town; a town should be sacrificed for the good of the community, and for the sake of the soul should even the earth be sacrificed.
त्यजेत् कुलार्थं पुरुष ग्रामस्या) कुलं त्यजेत्। ग्रामं जनपदस्यार्थं आत्मार्थं पृथिवीं त्यजेत्॥