Kalavilasa 2.85

2.85

so'vadadatiśayatāpasphuṭitāsthivasāpravāhabahalāgnau /
paramiha maraṇaṃ śreyo draviṇakaṇaṃ na tyajāmi socchvāsaḥ

In the blazing fire thick with streams of fat and bones cracked by intense heat, / he answered with a gasp: “Death right here is far better; I will not part with a crumb of wealth!”