Nagananda 4.7

4.7

sarvāśucinidhānasya kṛtaghnasya vināśinaḥ /
śarīrakasyāpi kṛte mūḍhāḥ pāpāni kurvate ! //

Jímútaváhana.
Wonderful! Fools commit sin even for the sake of a worthless body, which soon perishes, is ungrateful, and is a store-house of all uncleanness. Well, this destruction of the Nágas will assuredly bring some judgment. (To himself.) Would that, by giving up my own body, I might save the life of a single Nága!