संश्रुत्य न च शक्ष्यामि जीवमानः प्रतिश्रवम्॥ मुनीनामन्यथा कर्तुं सत्यमिष्टं हि मे सदा।
saṃśrutya na ca śakṣyāmi jīvamānaḥ pratiśravam|| munīnāmanyathā kartuṃ satyamiṣṭaṃ hi me sadā|
English Meaning
Having promised, I living cannot violate my vow concerning the ascetics; verily truth is ever dear to me.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)