So long as this is held by myself of long arms, O Keshava, I shall not leave aside which is pierced by the point of a sharp needle.
ध्रियमाणे महाबाहौ मयि सम्प्रति केशव। तावदप्यपरित्याज्यं भूमेनः पाण्डवान् प्रति॥