He had taken my hand; and, before the fire and in the presence of all the gods, he had pledged that he would truly be mine. But where now was that pledge gone?"
अग्नौ पाणिं गृहीत्वा तु देवानामग्रतस्तथा। भविष्यामीति सत्यं तु प्रतिश्रुत्य क्व तद् गतम्॥