विवीतक्षेत्रखलवेश्मद्रव्यहस्तिवनादीपिकमग्निना दाहयेत् ॥ कZ_०४.११.२० ॥
vivītakṣetrakhalaveśmadravyahastivanādīpikam agninā dāhayet
One who sets fire to an enclosed field, threshing-floor, house, goods, an elephant-forest, or similar property is to be burnt with fire.
War-elephants were high-value strategic assets; attacking their reserves is both economic sabotage and military weakening.