इहैव मरणं श्रेयो न तु बन्धुविगर्हणम्। किं मया दुष्कृतं कर्म कृतमन्यत्र जन्मनि॥ येन मे धार्मिको भ्राता निहतश्चाग्रतः स्थितः।
ihaiva maraṇaṃ śreyo na tu bandhuvigarhaṇam| kiṃ mayā duṣkṛtaṃ karma kṛtamanyatra janmani|| yena me dhārmiko bhrātā nihataścāgrataḥ sthitaḥ|
English Meaning
It is better (for me) to renounce my life here, instead of bearing the censure of friends. What a sin had I committed in another birth, seeing that my virtuous brother, staying before me, has been slain?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)