Garudapurana 1.113.11

1.113.11

varaṃ vindhyāṭavyāṃ nivasanamabhuktasya maraṇaṃ varaṃ sarpākīrṇe śayanamatha kūpe nipatanam /
varaṃ bhrāntāvarte sabhayajalamadhye praviśanaṃ na tu svīye pakṣe hi dhanamaṇu dehīti kathanam //

Better is living in the Vindhya forest, dying unfed, / better sleeping among serpents or falling into a well, / better entering into the midst of terrifying waters in a whirling eddy, / than saying to one's own kin: 'Give [me] even an atom of wealth.'