श्रेयोऽद्य मन्ये मम शैलमुख्ये तस्मिन् हि वासश्चिरमृष्यमूके। यथा तथा वर्तयतः स्ववृत्या नेमं निहत्य त्रिदिवस्य लाभः॥
śreyo'dya manye mama śailamukhye tasmin hi vāsaściramṛṣyamūke| yathā tathā vartayataḥ svavṛtyā nemaṃ nihatya tridivasya lābhaḥ||
English Meaning
I do prefer living for good in the mount Rșyamūka, earning my livelihood somehow or other, to the accession of heaven by destroying (Vāli).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)