O Brahmana, I long for renown in this world even at the sacrifice of my life. Men having renown attain to heaven while those having none are lost.
वृणोमि कीर्ति लोके हि जीवितेनापि भानुमन्। कीर्तिमानश्नुते स्वर्ग हीनकीर्तिस्तु नश्यति॥