I now speak of another sacred lesson, O sire, superior in sacredness to all these, fraught with a large meaning. Virtue should not be forsaken out of desire, fear, temptation, nor for the sake of life itself.
इदं च त्वां सर्वपरं ब्रवीमि पुण्यं पदं तात महाविशिष्टम्। न जातु कामान भयान्न लोभाद् धर्मं जह्याज्जीवितस्यापि हेतोः॥