Nagananda 3.17

3.17

svaśarīramapi parārthe yaḥ khalu dadyādayācitaḥ kṛpayā /
rājyasya kṛte sa kathaṃ prāṇivadhakrauryamanumanute //

Jímútaváhana (to himself, covering his ears).
Ah! how cruelly he speaks! However, let it pass. (Aloud.) O Mitrávasu! what is all this? Even something more than this might be possible for you, with such strong arms. But how should I, a man who through pity, though unasked, would give up his own body for the sake of another, permit the cruelty of destroying life for the sake of a kingdom? For my part, I can conceive no enemy except the Kleśas. If, then, you would please me, pity that poor wretch, who, for the sake of kingly power, has become a slave to the Kleśas.