This is my vow, viz., that I never give up a person that is terrified, not one that is devoted to me, nor one that seeks my help, saying, that he is destitute, nor one that is afflicted, nor one that has come to me, nor one that is weak in protecting oneself, nor one that begs for life. I shall never give up such a one till my own life goes away.
भीतं भक्तं नान्यदस्तीति चात प्राप्तं क्षीणं रक्षणे प्राणलिप्सुम्। प्राणत्यागादप्यहं नैव मोक्तुं यतेयं वै नित्यमेतद् व्रतं मे॥