And if by the ordination of fate they should meet with death, while engaged in the work which their ancestors did, then too doing all that lies in their power towards the fulfillment of their duty their death would be praiseworthy.
ते चेत् पित्र्ये कर्मणि वर्तमाना आपोरन् दिष्टवशेन मृत्युम्। यथाशक्त्या पूरयन्तः स्वकर्म तदप्येषां निधनं स्यात् प्रशस्तम्॥