292 ON THE ARMY ORGANISATION 



243. Aliavesu niitho'nyonyani jighamsanto mahiksitah 



yudhyamanah param saktya svargam yantyaparan- 495 

 mukkah, 179 



^49. Bkarturartheca yah suro vikramet vahinlmukhe 

 bkayat na nivarteta tasya svargo hyanantakah. 



250. Akave nihatam suram na soceta kadacana 180 

 nirmuktah sarvapapebhyah puto yati salokatam. 



251. Varapsarassahasrani suram ayodhane hatam 500 

 tvaramanah pradhavanti hyayam mama bhavet iti. 181 



252. Munibhixdirgliatapasa prapyate yat padam mabat 

 yuddhabbimukbanihataih suraih tat drak avapyate. 



253. Etat tapasca punyam ca dharmascaiva sanatanali 



catvara asramastasya yo yuddbe na palayate. 182 505 



248. The rulers of the earth, who, wishing to kill each other 



in battles, are fighting with utmost strength, goto 

 heaven with not averted heads. 



249. That hero who fights for the sake of his king in front of the 



army, nor turns away from fear, is sure of the ever- 

 lasting heaven. 



250. One should never bewail a hero who is killed in battle, 



freed from all sins he goes purified to the world specially 

 assigned to him. 



251. Towards a hero who is killed in battle run thousands of the 



best Apsaras, saying : "this one should be mine." 



252. That grand step which after long penance is obtained by 



sages, is quickly won by heroes, who are killed with 

 their faces turned towards the contest. 



253. He who does not run away in the battle, earns this penance, 



this merit, this primeval virtue and the four stages. 



17 9 See Manu, VII, 89 ; and Nitiprakasika, VII, 44. 



180 Compare Mahabharata, Rajadharma, XCVIII, 43b. 



181 See ParaSarasmrti, IV, 37 ; and Mahabharata, ibidem, XCVIII, 45b 

 and 46a ; the latter half sloka runs there thus : tvaramanabhidhavanti 

 mama bharta bhavet iti. 



182 See Mahabharata, ibidem XCVIII, 46b and 47a. 



