भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय 54: फल्गुन-प्रतिरोधः, सौबली-व्यूह-विध्वंसः, दुर्योधन-भीष्म-संवादः
मत्कते भ्रातृहार्देन राज्याद् भ्रष्टास्तथा सुखात् | जीवितं बहु मन्ये5हं जीवित हाद्य दुर्लभम्
“Because of the affection proper to kinsmen, they suffer for my sake, fallen away from kingdom and happiness. Now I count their lives—and my own—as the greatest good; for at this hour even life itself is hard to come by.”
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