In the presence, however, of the king I have promised to destroy them. I have thus promised to perform a deed that would bring on my own destruction like an insect trying to rush into a burning fire.
राज्ञः सकाशात् तेषां तु प्रतिज्ञातो वधो मया॥ पतङ्गाग्निसमां वृत्तिमास्थायात्मविनाशिनीम्।