294 ON THE ARMY ORGANISATION 



259. Udyanrya sastram ayantam bhrunam apyatatayinam 

 nihatya bhrunaha 11a syat ahatva bhrunaha bhavet. 187 



260. Apasarati yo ynddhat jivitarthl naradhamah 

 jivan eva mrtah sopi blmnkte rastrakrtam tvagham. 



261. Mitram va svaminam tyaktva nirgacchati ranat ca yah 520 

 so'nte narakam apnoti sa jivan nindyate'khilaih. 



262. Mitram apadgatam drstva sahayam na karoti yah 

 aklrtim labhate so'tra nirto narakam rcchati. 188 



263. Visrambhat saranam praptam saktah tyajati durmatih 



sa yati narake ghore yavat indrascaturdasa. 525 



259. He who has raised a weapon against an approaching 



assassin, though this be a Yaidika Brahman, (and) killed 

 him, should not be considered as a Vaidikabrahman- 

 murderer ; if he has not killed him, he should be 

 regarded as such. 



260. He who desirous of his life goes away from the battle is a Punish - 



very bad man, though alive he is surely dead ; he has ^^ r di ce 

 to bear the sin done in the realm. 



261. He who, having left his friend or his king, goes from the 



battle field, goes at his death to hell, and is blamed 

 by all during his life. 



262. He who, having seen his enemy going into danger, does not 



help him, acquires infamy here and goes, when dead, to 

 hell. 



263. The wicked, who though strong, deserts him who confid- 



ingly comes to him for protection, stays in a fearful 

 hell, as long as there are fourteen Indras. 



187 See Mahabharata, Santiparva, Raja&harma, LVI, 28-30, and p. 204. 

 Compare Manu, VIII, 350. 



Gurum va balavrddb.au va brahmanam va bahusrutam 

 atatayinam ayantam hanyat eva vicarayan ; 

 and about bhrunaha Manu, VIII, 317. 



168 Compare with this and the preceding Slokas the Mahabharata as above,. 

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