Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.89.29

aham prajah vam bhagavan

rakshishye dinayor iha

anistirna-pratijno 'gnim

pravekshye hata-kalmashah

SYNONYMS

aham -- I; prajah -- the offspring; vam -- of you two (you and your wife); bhagavan -- O lord; rakshishye -- will protect; dinayoh -- who are wretched; iha -- in this matter; anistirna -- failing to fulfill; pratijnah -- my promise; agnim -- fire; pravekshye -- I will enter; hata -- destroyed; kalmashah -- whose contamination.

TRANSLATION

"My lord, I will protect the progeny of you and your wife, who are in such distress. And if I fail to keep this promise, I will enter fire to atone for my sin."

PURPORT

Chivalrous Arjuna could not tolerate the shame of being unable to fulfill his promise. As Krishna says in Bhagavad-gita (2.34), sambhavitasya cakirtir maranad atiricyate: "For a respected person, dishonor is worse than death."

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