We have heard that this is the prime duty of the Kshatriyas that when slain in battle he would lie down on earth being spoken highly of by the pious.
एष मुख्यतमो धर्मः क्षत्रियस्येति नः श्रुतम्॥ यदाजौ निहतः शेते सद्भिः समभिपूजितः।