संश्रुत्य च पितुर्वाक्यं मातुर्वा ब्राह्मणस्य वा। न कर्तव्यं वृथा वीर धर्ममाश्रित्य तिष्ठता॥
saṃśrutya ca piturvākyaṃ māturvā brāhmaṇasya vā| na kartavyaṃ vṛthā vīra dharmamāśritya tiṣṭhatā||
English Meaning
It does not become them, O hero, who abide in righteousness to fail to carry out the commands of father, mother or a Brahmin.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)