Shamvara has said that having assailed an enemy, forgiveness should be shown afterwards, for a wooden pole, if made straight without heat, very soon assumes its former state.
मन्यते कर्षयित्वा तु क्षमा साध्वीति शम्बरः। असंतप्तं तु यद् दारु प्रत्येति प्रकृति पुनः॥