Let not such wretches of men be born in your family! The very gods headed by Indra send calamities to them who leave behind their comrades in battle and come home unscathed and uninjured. He who desires to save his own life by leaving behind his comrades, should be killed with sticks or stones or rolled in a mat of dry grass for being burnt to death. The Kshatriyas who would be guilty of slich conduct should be slain like animals.
मा स्म तांस्तादृशांस्तात जनिष्ठाः पुरुषाधमान्। ये सहायान् रणे हित्वा स्वस्तिमन्तो गृहान् ययुः॥ अस्वस्ति तेभ्यः कुर्वन्ति देवा इन्द्रपुरोगमाः। त्यागेन यः सहायानां स्वान् प्राणांस्त्रातुमिच्छति।॥ तं हन्युः काष्ठलोष्ठैर्वा दहेयुर्वा कटाग्निना। पशुवन्मारयेयुर्वा क्षत्रिया ये स्युरीदृशाः॥