When the property of a Brahmana is being taken away, he who renounces his dear body for protecting that property, does, by that act of self-devotion, acquire the merit of a sacrifice accompanied with numberless presents.
ब्रह्मस्व ह्रियमाणे तु त्यक्त्वा युद्धे प्रियां तनुम्॥ आत्मानं यूपमुत्सृज्य स यज्ञोऽनन्तदक्षिणः।