The killing of a harmful foe is always praiseworthy. If he be powerful, if he be a great warrior, one should watch for the hour of his disaster and then kill him without any scruple. O son, if the enemy be weak, still he should not be scorned.
वधमेव प्रशंसन्ति शत्रूणामपकारिणाम्। सुविदीर्णं सुविक्रान्तं सुयुद्धं सुपलायितम्॥ आपद्यापदि काले च कुर्वीत न विचारयेत्। नावज्ञेयो रिपुस्तात दुर्बलौऽपि कथंचन।॥