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.
मुहूर्तमपि राजेन्द्र तिन्दुकालातवज्ज्वलेत्। न तुषाग्निरिवानर्चिधूमायेत चिरं नरः॥ नानार्थिकोऽर्थसम्बन्धं कृतघ्नेन समाचरेत्।