This mace, O son, should not be directed against one who is not fighting, in which case it will fall back upon yourself; on such occasion, coursing in an opposite direction it will kill him who has hurled it.'
अयुध्यति न मोक्तव्या सा त्वय्येव पतेदिति। हन्यादेशा प्रतीपं हि प्रयोक्तारमपि प्रभो॥