Neither then, nor even now, O descendant of Bharata, has anything appeared to you dearer than virtue, which is dearer to you even than your life.
न हि तेऽध्यगमञ्जानु तदानीं नाद्य भारत। धर्मात् प्रियतरं किंचिदपि चेज्जीवितादिह॥