O Saumitri, I shall just renounce my life in the waters of Jāhnavi? But I desist from this for it shall bring about the termination O my husband's race.
न खल्वद्यैव सौमित्रे जीवितं जाह्नवीजले। त्यजेयं राजवंशस्तु भर्तुर्मे परिहास्यते॥