तदैव वीतहव्योऽसौ श्रृणु किं नोपशान्तवान् ।देहमुत्सृज्य तत्त्वज्ञो ज्ञातज्ञेयवतां वरः
In plain words
Listen: why was it that, at that very time, that Vītahavya -- knower of Truth, best among those who have known the knowable -- did not cast off the body and come to peace?