A Kshatriya who is avaricious ought to be killed by a Kshatriya who is desirous of proving true to his our religion; and even if the covetous man is not a Kshatriya he ought to be slain.
क्षत्रियेण हि हन्तव्यः क्षत्रियो लोभमास्थितः। अक्षत्रियो वा दाशार्ह स्वधर्ममनुतिष्ठता।॥