भगवन्प्राणिनां नित्यं नान्यत्र मरणाद्भयम्। नास्ति मृत्युसमः शत्रुरमरत्वमहं वृणे॥
bhagavanprāṇināṃ nityaṃ nānyatra maraṇādbhayam| nāsti mṛtyusamaḥ śatruramaratvamahaṃ vṛṇe||
English Meaning
O reverend one, creatures have no other fear than (that of) death; and enemy there is none that is like to death. Therefore immortality is even what I crave for.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)