Devoted to Brahma, truthful in speech, selfcontrolled, and kind to all creatures, that son of Pritha, called Dhananjaya never killed one who is asieep, or one who is careless, or one who has thrown off his weapons, or one who joins his hands for protection, or one who is retreating, or one whose hairs have been disheveled.
शक्यो विजेतुं कौन्तेयो गोप्ता यस्य जनार्दनः। ब्रह्मण्यः सत्यवाग् दान्तः सर्वभूतानुकम्पकः॥ न च सुप्तं प्रमत्तं वा न्यस्तशस्त्रं कृताञ्जलिम्। धावन्तं मुक्तकेशं वा हन्ति पार्थो धनंजयः॥