अहं प्रजा: वां भगवन् रक्षिष्ये दीनयोरिह । अनिस्तीर्णप्रतिज्ञोऽग्निं प्रवेक्ष्ये हतकल्मष: ॥ २९ ॥
ahaṁ prajāḥ vāṁ bhagavan rakṣiṣye dīnayor iha anistīrṇa-pratijño ’gniṁ pravekṣye hata-kalmaṣaḥ
- aham
- I
- prajāḥ
- the offspring
- vām
- of you two (you and your wife)
- bhagavan
- O lord
- rakṣiṣye
- will protect
- dīnayoḥ
- who are wretched
- iha
- in this matter
- anistīrṇa
- failing to fulfill
- pratijñaḥ
- my promise
- agnim
- fire
- pravekṣye
- I will enter
- hata
- destroyed
- kalmaṣaḥ
- whose contamination
“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.”