Shloka 63
निर्वेदयित्वा तु परं हत्वा वा कुरुनन्दन । ततो5नृणो भवेद् राजा यथा शाम्त्रे निदर्शितम्,कुरुनन्दन! राजा शत्रुको ताड़ना आदिके द्वारा खिन्न करके अथवा उसका वध करके फिर उस वंशमें हुए राजाका जैसा शास्त्रोंमें बताया गया है, उसके अनुसार दान-मानादिद्वारा सत्कार करके उससे उऋण हो जाय
nirvedayitvā tu paraṃ hatvā vā kurunandana | tato 'nṛṇo bhaved rājā yathā śāstre nidarśitam ||
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ຄວາມຊື່ນຊົມແຫ່ງວົງກຸຣຸ, ເມື່ອກະສັດໄດ້ເຮັດໃຫ້ສັດຕູເຫນື່ອຍລ້າຈົນສຸດຂີດດ້ວຍການລົງໂທດ ຫຼືບໍ່ຢ່າງນັ້ນກໍຂ້າເຂົາເສຍ ແລ້ວຈຶ່ງເປັນຜູ້ພົ້ນຈາກພັນທະຕໍ່ມາ—ແຕ່ຕ້ອງປະພຶດຕາມທີ່ສາດສະຕຣາກຳນົດໄວ້: ໃຫ້ກຽດ (ແກ່ສັດຕູທີ່ລົ້ມລົງ ແລະວົງຂອງເຂົາ) ດ້ວຍອານຸສົມບັດ, ຄວາມເຄົາລົບ, ແລະພິທີການອັນຄວນ».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when a king must punish or kill an enemy, he should not act from mere vengeance; he must follow śāstric procedure and then discharge residual moral/ritual obligations by honoring the fallen foe (and his lineage) through appropriate respect, gifts, and rites—thus becoming anṛṇa, free of debt.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on rājadharma in Śānti Parva, he advises Yudhiṣṭhira that after subduing an adversary—either by exhausting him through chastisement or by killing him—the king should complete the act in a regulated, dharmic way, including post-conflict honoring, so that the king’s duty is fulfilled without lingering obligation.