Namely the happiness to which a Kshatriya attains by bringing his friends under his influence (according to some readings it would be by subjugating his enemies). A spirited man, who has been defeated many times, should live on with the hope of vanquishing his enemy and consumed by wrath,
यदमित्रान् वशे कृत्वा क्षत्रियः सुखमेधते॥ मन्युना दह्यमानेन पुरुषेण मनस्विना। निकृतेनेह बहुशः शत्रून् प्रतिजिगीषया॥