Having said these words, conscious as they were of their own innocence, and desirous of upholding the cause of virtue, those Rishis and royal sages then began to swear, one after another, the following oaths.
ते निश्चितास्तत्र महर्षयस्तु सम्पश्यन्तो धर्ममेतं नरेन्द्राः। ततोऽशपन्त शपथान् पर्ययेण सहैव ते पार्थिव पुत्रपौत्रैः॥