One should not use weapons against kine, Brahmanas, kings, women, friends, one's own mother, one's own preceptor, a weak man, an idiot, a blind man, a sleeping man, a terrified man, one just got up from sleep, an intoxicated person, a lunatic, and one that is careless. The ancient preceptors always preached this truth to men.
स पथः प्रच्युतो धर्मात् कुपथे प्रतिहन्यते। गोब्राह्मणनृपस्त्रीषु सख्युर्मातुर्गुरोस्तथा॥ हीनप्राणजडान्धेषु सुप्तभीतोस्थितेषु च। मत्तोन्मत्तप्रमत्तेषु न शस्त्राणि च पातयेत्॥