Such is the duty of Kshatriyas, viz., the ruling of subjects. Any other, O king, would be considered as a wrong path for them. Do not grieve.
एष धर्मः क्षत्रियाणां प्रजानां परिपालनम्। उत्पथोऽन्यो महाराज मा स्म शोके मनः कृथाः॥