O foremost of intelligent ones, (that I send you to battle) is certainly not proper; yet this course of action is endorsed by Kșatriyas and those following the morality of kings.
न खल्वियं मतिश्रेष्ठ यत्त्वां सम्प्रेषयाम्यहम्। इयं च राजधर्माणां क्षत्रस्य च मतिर्मता॥