I shall now tell you the duties of Kshatriyas. They are not unknown to you. Sacrifice, learning, activity, ambition, holding, the rod of chastisement, dreadfulness, protection of subjects, knowledge of the Vedas, practise of all kinds of penances, enances, good conduct, acquisition of wealth, and gifts to deserving person, these, o king, when performed properly by the Kshatriyas, secure for them both this world and the next, as heard by us.
क्षत्रियाणां तु वक्ष्यामि तवापि विदितं पुनः॥ यज्ञो विद्या समुत्थानमसंतोषः श्रियं प्रति। दण्डधारणमुग्रत्वं प्रजानां परिपालनम्॥ वेदज्ञानं तथा कृत्स्नं तपः सुचरितं तथा। द्रविणोपार्जनं भूरि पात्रे च प्रतिपादनम्॥ एतानि राज्ञां कर्माणि सुकृतानि विशाम्पते। इमं लोकममुं चैव साधयन्तीति नः श्रुतम्॥