Having been taken, you need not fear on the score of your lives. Even if envoys happen to be taken who are equipped with weapons, they should not be slain.
न चेदं ग्रहणं प्राप्य भेतव्यं जीवितं प्रति। न्यस्तशस्त्रौ गृहीतौ च न दूतौ वधमर्हतः॥