That king, who fights with the object of protecting his kingdom or meeting with death, attains to the object of the Vanaprastha mode of life.
मृत्युर्वा रक्षणं वेति यस्य राज्ञो विनिश्चयः। प्राणद्यूते ततस्तस्य ब्रह्माश्रमपदं भवेत्॥