अहमेव धनुष्पाणिर्गोप्ता समरमूर्धनि। यावत् प्राणान् धरिष्यामि तावद् योत्स्ये निशाचरैः॥
ahameva dhanuṣpāṇirgoptā samaramūrdhani| yāvat prāṇān dhariṣyāmi tāvad yotsye niśācaraiḥ||
English Meaning
And myself bow in hand, stationed at the van of the array, will battle with the rangers of the night as long as life is spared to me.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)