If, conversant as I am with Kshatriya duties, I revert now to the order of a Brahmana and achieve a great object (by assuming selfrestraint under such injuries), that course would not be compatible.
क्षत्रधर्मं विदित्वाहं यदि ब्राह्मण्यमाश्रितः। प्रकुर्यां सुमहत् कर्म न मे तत् साधुसम्मतम्॥