सर्पमाशीविषं बद्ध्वा वस्त्रान्ते नावबुध्यसे। ग्रीवायां प्रतिमुक्तं च कालपाशं न पश्यसि॥
sarpamāśīviṣaṃ baddhvā vastrānte nāvabudhyase| grīvāyāṃ pratimuktaṃ ca kālapāśaṃ na paśyasi||
English Meaning
Do you not understand that you have tied with cloth a virulent serpent? Do you not see that you have placed around your neck the noose of death?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)