For the sake of a family a member (of that family) may be sacrificed; for the sake of a village, a family may be scarified; for the sake of a town, village may be sacrificed; and for the sake of one's own soul, the earth may be sacrificed.
त्यजेत् कुलार्थे पुरुषं ग्रामस्यार्थे कुलं त्यजेत्। ग्रामं जनपदस्यार्थे आत्मार्थे पृथिवीं त्यजेत्॥