धृतिमान् सुव्रतो भूत्वा न धर्मं हातुमर्हसि । त्रिषु लोकेषु विख्यातो धर्मेण यशसा युतः ॥ ८ ॥
dhṛtimān suvratō bhūtvā na dharmaṁ hātumarhasi | triṣu lōkēṣu vikhyātō dharmēṇa yaśasā yutaḥ || 8 ||
Translation
"Being steadfast and true to your vows, you must not abandon dharma, you who are famed in the three worlds and endowed with dharma and glory.
Word by word
- dhṛtimān
- steadfast
- suvratō
- (suvrataḥ) true to your vows
- bhūtvā
- being
- na
- not
- dharmaṁ
- dharma
- hātum
- abandon
- arhasi
- you must
- triṣu
- in the three
- lōkēṣu
- worlds
- vikhyātō
- (vikhyātaḥ) famed
- dharmēṇa
- with dharma
- yaśasā
- and glory
- yutaḥ
- endowed
Meaning
The same epithets he was given in the last verse are now turned into a duty.