Ramayana
मारीचेन तु तद्वाक्यं क्षमं युक्तं च निशाचरः । उक्तो न प्रतिजग्राह मर्तुकाम इवौषधम् ॥ ३-४०-१
The demon Ravana did not heed the appropriate advice of the competent Maricha just like a man wishing to die refuses medicine. ॥ 3-40-1॥
english translation
mArIcena tu tadvAkyaM kSamaM yuktaM ca nizAcaraH । ukto na pratijagrAha martukAma ivauSadham ॥ 3-40-1
hk transliteration by Sanscript