Without slaughter no man has been able to acquire fame in this world or wealth or subjects. Indra himself, by killing Vritra, became the great Indra.
नाघ्नतः कीर्तिरस्तीह न वित्तं न पुनः प्रजाः। इन्द्रो वृत्रवधेनैव महेन्द्रः समपद्यत॥