The departed manes then said, O foremost of all victorious men, you should not kill these inferior Kshatriyas! It is not proper that your self, being a Brahmanas should kill these kings.
पितर ऊचुः नार्हसे क्षत्रबन्धुंस्त्वं निहन्तुं जयतां वरा नेह युक्तं त्वया हन्तुं ब्राह्मणेन सता नृपान्॥