It is consonant with the precepts of religion that one should protect his life by any means. He, who seeks to do it, should not scruple about the means.
आपदस्तरणे प्राणान् धारयेद् येन तेन वा। सर्वमावृत्य कर्तव्यं तं धर्ममनुवर्तता॥