Knowing as you do the duties sanctioned in the scriptures, you should not do a act which leads to a confusion of duties. Do not renounce righteousness, for you are the foremost of all pious persons.
जानता विहितं धर्मं न कार्यो धर्मसंकरः। मा स्म धर्म परित्याक्षीस्त्वं हि धर्मभृतां वरः॥