 ते विषं पिबतालोड्य क्षीणपुण्या स्सुदुर्गताः।राघवं वानुगच्छध्वमश्रुतिं वापि गच्छत।। 
  Where you are in deep trouble with merits exhausted, it is better to take poison, or follow Rama or walk into the unknown.  