Shloka 12
ये च ब्रूयुस्तवास्मीति ये च स्यु: शरणागता: । विमुक्तमूर्थजा ये च ये चापि हतवाहना:
ye ca brūyus tavāsmīti ye ca syuḥ śaraṇāgatāḥ | vimuktamūrdhajā ye ca ye cāpi hata-vāhanāḥ ||
クリパは言った。「『私はあなたのものです』と告げる者、庇護を求めて来た者、髪をほどいた者（苦境または降伏のしるし）、そして乗り物や車が滅ぼされた者――このような者をこの世で殺すことは、正しい行いとは見なされない。」
कृप उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse states a dharmic restraint in warfare: one should not kill those who explicitly submit (“I am yours”), seek refuge, or are clearly incapacitated and helpless (e.g., dismounted or with loosened hair as a sign of distress/surrender).
In the Sauptika Parva context, Kṛpa voices an ethical warning about whom it is improper to kill—especially those who have surrendered or are defenseless—thereby invoking accepted norms of righteous conduct even amid violent conflict.