Such being the case, O Sanjaya, what will happen must happen (in spite of all that I can do to prevent it). Besides it is the honored duty of a Kshatriya to quit this life in battle."
एवं गते वै यद् भावि तद् भविष्यति संजय। क्षत्रधर्मः किल रणे तनुत्यागो हि पूजितः॥