But if I deliberately kill a Brahmana, I shall commit a cruel and sinful act, from which I shall never escape. The learned men have said that the abandonment of one who has come to your house or who has sought your protection and the killing of one who seeks death at your hands are both cruel and sinful.
अभिसंधिकृते तस्मिन् ब्राह्मणस्य वधे मया। निष्कृतिं न प्रपश्यामि नृशंसं क्षुद्रमेव च॥ आगतस्य गृहं त्यागस्तथैव शरणार्थिनः। याचमानस्य च वधो नृशंसो गर्हितो बुधैः॥