Mahabharata 3.284.32
कीर्तिर्हि पुरुषं लोके संजीवयति मातृवत्अकीर्तिर्जीवितं हन्ति जीवतोऽपि शरीरिणः
kīrtirhi puruṣaṃ loke saṃjīvayati mātṛvatakīrtirjīvitaṃ hanti jīvato'pi śarīriṇaḥ
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