If Khara, who had trespassed into regions not his own, has buen slain in battle by Rāma, surely a creature should to the best of his might preserve his life.
खरो यद्यतिवृत्तस्तु स रामेण हतो रणे। अवश्यं प्राणिना प्राणा रक्षितव्या यथाबलम्॥