Why do you, O most exalted of men, versed in the Shastras, acquainted with the rules of proper time and place, performers of religious rites, lie dead without performing acts 'worthy of you?
शास्त्रज्ञा देशकालज्ञास्तपोयुक्ताः क्रियान्विताः। अकृत्वा सदृशं कर्म किं शेध्वं पुरुषर्षभाः॥