OF THE ANCIENT HINDUS. 



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264. Sudurvrttam yada ksatram nasayeyustu brahmanah 

 yuddham krtvapi sastrastrairna tada papabhaginah. 



265. Hinam yada ksatrakulam nicairlokah prapidyate 

 tadapi brahmana yuddhe nasayeyuh tu tan dhruvam. 



266. Uttamam mantrikastrena nalikastrena madhyamam 

 sastraih kanistham yuddham tu bahuyuddham tato'dha- 



mam. 



267. Mantreritamahasaktibanadyaih satrunasanam 

 mantrikastrena tat yuddham sarvayuddhottamam smrtam 



268. Nalagnicurnasamyogat lakse golanipatanam 

 nalikastrena tat yuddham mahahrasakaram ripoh. 



269. Kuntadisastrasanghatairnasanam ripunam ca yat 

 sastrayuddham tu tat jneyam nalastrabhavatah sada. 



270. Karsanaih sandhimarmanam pratilomanulomatah 

 bandhanairghatanam satroryuktya tat bahuyuddhakam. 



264. If the Brahmans should even with arms and missiles destroy 



in a war bad behaving Ksatriyas, they do then commit 

 no sin. 



265. If, when the Ksatriya caste is weak, the world is oppressed 



by mean persons, then also should the Brahmans surely 

 destroy those in war. 



266. The best fight is with enchanted missiles, the middling is Modes of 



with tubular projectile weapons, the lowest with Fi o htin k 

 weapons, the worst is fighting with the arms. 



267. The destruction of enemies by arrows and other weapons of 



great force and despatched by spells, and by enchanted 

 missiles, is recorded as the best fighting of all. 



268. The throwing of a ball by a tubular instrument through the 



application of gunpowder and a tube is very destruc- 

 tive to the enemy. 



269. The destruction of the enemy which takes place by means 



of lances and other weapons, is always to be known 

 as the combat with weapons in the absence of tubular 

 projectile weapons. 



270. The killing of the enemy by injuring his joints and vital 



