Shiva Purana
अलब्धाल्लब्ध एवात्र विशिष्टो नात्र संशयः ॥ स ब्रह्मांगेन वा तेन सहंसेन विमुच्यते ॥ ११ ॥
Surely the former is better than the latter. He becomes liberated and absorbed into Brahman.
english translation
alabdhAllabdha evAtra viziSTo nAtra saMzayaH ॥ sa brahmAMgena vA tena sahaMsena vimucyate ॥ 11 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript