A man should be sacrificed for the sake of a family; a family should be sacrificed for the sake of a village; a village for a kingdom; and the whole world for the soul.
त्यजेत् कुलार्थं पुरुषं ग्रामस्यार्थं कुलं त्यजेत्। ग्रामं जनपदस्यार्थं आत्मार्थं पृथिवीं त्यजेत्॥