एष वा उत्तमश्लोको न जिहासति यद् यश: । हत्वा मैनां हरेद् युद्धे शयीत निहतो मया ॥ १३ ॥
esa va uttamasloko na jihasati yad yasah hatva mainam hared yuddhe sayita nihato maya
- esah
- this (brahmacari)
- va
- either
- uttama-slokah
- is Lord Visnu, who is worshiped by Vedic prayers
- na
- not
- jihasati
- desires to give up
- yat
- because
- yasah
- perpetual fame
- hatva
- after killing
- ma
- me
- enam
- all this land
- haret
- will take away
- yuddhe
- in the fight
- sayita
- will lie down
- nihatah
- being killed
- maya
- by me.
If this brahmana really is Lord Visnu, who is worshiped by Vedic hymns, He would never give up His widespread reputation; either He would lie down having been killed by me, or He would kill me in a fight.