मुहूर्तमपि जीवेत नरः शुक्लेन कर्मणा ।
न कल्पमपि कृष्णेन लोकद्वयविरोधिना ॥
muhūrtam api jīveta naraḥ śuklena karmaṇā |
na kalpam api kṛṣṇena loka-dvaya-virodhinā ||
(Subhāṣita-ratna-bhāṇḍārgāra)
“Let a person live for even a moment engaged in virtuous conduct and not for even a kalpa (epoch) in wickedness which is detrimental to both worlds [i.e., one’s present life and one’s afterlife].”