Laden with infamy and insult, he has to carry on a miserable existence. A life of infamy, however, is tantamount to death.
अपध्वस्तस्त्ववमतो दुःखं जीवितमृच्छति। जीवेच्च यदपध्वस्तस्तच्छुद्धं मरणं भवेत्॥