said—­Nay—­to a Brahmana before.  We were the refuge of others, without ourselves having ever taken refuge with others.  Having been such, if I have to support life by depending on another, I will surely cast off my life.  Be thou our means of crossing the ocean that is difficult to cross.  In the absence of boats, be thou our boat.  Make for us a place where place there is none.  Revive us that are dead.  Thou art competent to encounter all foes if thou dost not cherish the desire of life.  If, however, thou art for adopting this mode of life that is fit only for a eunuch, then with troubled soul and depressed heart it would be better for thee to sacrifice thy life.  A brave man winneth fame by slaying even a single foe.  By slaying Vritra, Indra became the great Indra and acquired the sovereignty of all the gods and the cup for drinking Soma, and the lordship of all the worlds.  Proclaiming his name in battle, challenging his foes accoutred in steel, and grinding or slaying the foremost warriors of hostile ranks, when a hero winneth far-extending fame in fair fight, his enemies then are pained and bow down unto him.  They that are cowards become helpless and contribute by their own conduct to bestow every object of desire on those that are skilled and brave and that fight reckless of their lives.  Whether kingdoms be overtaken by mighty ruin, or whether life itself be endangered, they that are noble never desist till they exterminate the foes within their reach.  Sovereignty is either the door of heaven or Amrita.  Regarding it as one of these, and bearing it in mind that is now shut against thee, fall thou like a burning brand in the midst of thy foes.  O king, slay thy foes in battle.  Observe the duties of thy order.  Let me not behold thee cheerless, O enhancer of the fears of thy foes.  Let me not in dejection behold thee standing in misery, surrounded by our sorrowing selves and rejoicing foes.  Rejoice, O son, and make thyself happy in the possession of wealth in the company of the daughters of the Sauviras and do not, in weakness of heart, be ruled over by the daughters of the Saindhavas.  If a young man like thee, who is possessed of beauty of person, learning and high birth, and world-wide fame, acteth in such unbecoming a way, like a vicious bull in the matter of bearing its burthen, then that, I think, would be equal to death itself.  What peace can my heart know if I behold thee uttering laudatory speeches in honour of others or walking (submissively) behind them?  Oh, never was one born in this race that walked behind another.  O son, it behoveth thee not to live as a dependant on another.  I know what the eternal essence of Kshatriya virtues is as spoken of by the old and the older ones and by those coming late and later still.  Eternal and unswerving, it hath been ordained by the Creator himself.  He that hath, in this world, been born as a Kshatriya in any high race and hath acquired a knowledge of the duties of that order, will never from fear or the sake