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50 passagesततः स मयोक्तः-स्वामिन् ! न युक्तम् इदं यन् मित्र-द्रोहेण जीवनं क्रियते । उक्तं च-
Then I said to him: “Master, this is not proper: life should not be maintained through betrayal of a friend.” It has also been said:
अपि ब्रह्म-वधं कृत्वा प्रायश्चित्तेन शुध्यति । तद्-अर्थेन विचीर्णेन न कथञ्चित् सुहृद्-द्रुहः ॥
Even one who has committed the killing of a Brahmin is purified by atonement; but a betrayer of a friend is in no way purified by an atonement undertaken for that purpose.
ततस् तेनाहं समर्षेणोक्तः-भो दुष्ट-बुद्धे, सञ्जीवकस् तावच् छष्प-भोजी, वयं मांसाशिनः । तद् अस्माकं स्वाभाविकं वैरम् इति कथं रिपुर् उपेक्ष्यते ? तस्मात् सामादिभिर् उपायैर् हन्यते । न च हते तस्मिन् दोषः स्यात् । उक्तं च-
Then he said to me angrily: “O evil-minded one, as for Sañjīvaka, he is a grass-eater, whereas we are meat-eaters. Therefore, hostility between us is natural; how can an enemy be disregarded? Therefore, he is to be killed by means beginning with conciliation. And when he has been killed, there would be no fault.” It has also been said:
दत्त्वापि कन्यकां वैरी निहन्तव्यो विपश्चिता । अन्योपायैर् अशक्यो यो हते दोषो न विद्यते ॥
Even after giving a daughter, an enemy should be killed by the wise; when someone cannot be killed by other means, there is no fault in killing him.
कृत्याकृत्यं न मन्येत क्षत्रियो युधि सङ्गतः । प्रसुप्तो द्रोण-पुत्रेण धृष्टद्युम्नः पुरा हतः ॥
A kṣatriya engaged in battle should not consider what ought or ought not to be done; Dhṛṣṭadyumna was formerly killed by Droṇa’s son while he was asleep.
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