धर्मात्प्रच्युतशीलं हि पुरुषं पापनिश्चयम्। त्यक्त्वा सुखमवाप्नोति हस्तादाशीविषं यथा॥
dharmātpracyutaśīlaṃ hi puruṣaṃ pāpaniścayam| tyaktvā sukhamavāpnoti hastādāśīviṣaṃ yathā||
English Meaning
One renouncing a person, lapsing from virtue and bent on sinful acts, attain happiness, even as one does by shaking off a venomous snake from his hand.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)