Or, this our act is like that of a person who having climbed up a tall tree and collected honey therefrom dies before tasting it.
यथाऽऽरुह्य महावृक्षमपहृत्य ततो मधु। अप्राश्य निधनं गच्छेत् कर्मेदं नस्तथोपमम्॥