Example sentences  

Ramayana: Though Sugriva repeatedly assured Vali of his allegiance, the infuriated monkey king attacked Sugriva relentlessly

Mahabharata: When Bhishma swore allegiance to the Kuru king, he couldn’t have imagined that his vow would compel him to fight on the wrong side in a fratricidal war among Kuru descendants.

Bhagavad-gita: The mind honors no allegiance except to its own definition of pleasure.