Nagananda 5.21

5.21

ātmīyaḥ para ityayaṃ khalu kutaḥ satyaṃ kṛpāyāḥ kramaḥ?
kiṃ rakṣāmi bahūn kimekamiti te jātā na cintā katham?
tārkṣyāttrātumahiṃ svajīvitaparityāgaṃ tvayā kurvatā
yenātmā pitarau vadhūriti hataṃ niḥśeṣametatkulam //

Śankhachúda.
Is it not a time for excessive trouble? If my body were preserved from Garuda by the sacrifice of thine, verily it were right that thou shouldst hurl me to a depth lower than the deepest hell.