Remembering the duties of a warrior, Arjuna then desisted from slaying those among the hostile warrior who were falling or fallen or those who turned away from the field of battle.
पार्थबाणहताः केचिनिपेतुर्विगतासवः। तेषामुत्पतितान् कांश्चित् पतितांश्च पराङ्मुखान्॥