You have not redeemed that promise of yours, in as much as you have not yet slain Devavrata in battle. O hero, be not of a man of empty promises. Preserve your virtue, your race and your fame.
त्वया च नैनां सफलां करोषि देवव्रतं यन्न नहंसि युद्धे। मिथ्याप्रतिज्ञो भव माऽत्र वीर रक्ष स्वधर्मं स्वकुलं यशश्च॥