Still a person versed in polity, albeit anxious to secure victory in battle, should carefully preserve self, as success in war is unstable.
तथापि तु नयज्ञेन जयमाकाङ्क्षता रणे॥ आत्मा रक्ष्यः प्रयत्नेन युद्धसिद्धिर्हि चञ्चला।