Death at the hands of one who is equal or of a superior is praiseworthy, but not that at the hands of one that is low, or of one who is a coward, or of one who is a wretch. This is well known.
तुल्यादिह वधः श्रेयान् विशिष्टाच्चेति निश्चयः। निहीनात् कातराच्चैव कृपणाद् गर्हितो वधः॥