The aged and the children should not be killed; nor a woman nor one who is flying away; nor one that holds a straw in his lips (sign of unconditional surrender); nor one who says—I am yours.
वृद्धबालौ न हन्तव्यौ न च स्त्री नैव पृष्ठतः॥ तृणपूर्णमुखश्चैव तवास्मीति च यो वदेत्।