न मनुष्ये गुणः कश्चिदन्यो धनवतामपि ।
अनातुरत्वाद्भद्रं ते मृतकल्पा हि रोगिणः ॥
na manuṣye guṇaḥ kaścid anyo dhanavatām api |
anāturatvād bhadraṁ te mṛta-kalpā hi rogiṇaḥ ||
(Mahābhārata: 5.36.65; Vidura-nīti)
“There is no other quality in a human being, including even affluence, that is more blessed than being healthy [lit., non-diseased]. The sickly are as though already dead.”