Without suffering himself to deviate from his true nature, one should try his best for protecting his own Self. He who makes such care and exertion, has never to to perish. Considering Self as something dear, one should always try to rescue himself from decrepitude death, and disease.
स्वभावाद् यलमातिष्ठेद् यत्नवान् नावसीदति। जरामरणरोगेभ्यः प्रियमात्मानमुद्धरेत्॥