Those who retreat from battle are wretches among men. They simply increase the number of men. They will neither pass in this world nor in the next for true manhood.
मनुष्यापसदा ह्येते ये भवन्ति पराङ्मुखा। राशिवर्धनमात्रास्ते नैव ते प्रेत्य नो इह॥