These citizens have determined upon making me turn back from the forest, they would rather renounce their lives than give up their resolve.
यथेते नियमं पौराः कुर्वन्त्यस्मन्निवर्तने। अपि प्राणान् न्यसिष्यन्ति न तु त्यक्ष्यन्ति निश्चयम्।।२०