Those heroes having gratified the Brahmanas by giving them golden coin separately and also kine and garments and having addressed one another in loving words, and having kindled the fire, took that oath in the field of battle; then in the presence of that fire they took that oath with a great firmness of resolution.
ब्राह्मणांस्तर्पयित्वा च निश्कान् दत्त्वा पृथक् पृथक्। गाश्च वासांसि च पुन: समाभाष्य परस्परम्॥ प्रज्वाल्य कृष्णवनिमुपागम्य रणव्रतम्। तस्मिन्नग्नौ तदा चक्रुः प्रतिज्ञां दृढनिश्चयाः॥