yac ca varṣaśataṃ jīved apaśyann uttamaṃ padam |
ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ śreyaḥ paśyato hy uttamaṃ padam |24,14|
11. He who lives a hundred years without perceiving what is most exalted: a life of one single day is better if one perceives what is most exalted.
12. He who lives a hundred years without perceiving the perfection of the holy (law), a life of one single day is I[( 04,1)] better if one perceives the perfection of the holy (lam, i.e., nirvâṇa)?