Nagananda 2.11

2.11

na khalu na khalu mugdhe ! sāhasaṃ kāryamīdṛk
vyapanaya karametaṃ pallavābhaṃ latāyāḥ /
kusumamapi vicetuṃ yo na manye samarthaḥ
kalayati sa kathaṃ te pāśamudbandhanāya? //

Jímútaváhana.
Assuredly no such attempt should be made. O lovely one! remove from the creeper this hand, which vies with it in beauty. How could that hand, which I do not consider strong enough even to gather flowers, grasp a noose to hang yourself with?