Shloka 6
Kṣātra-dharma in Campaign and Battle: Protection, Purification, and the Ideal Warrior’s End (क्षात्रधर्मः—अभियानयुद्धे रक्षणदानशुद्धिः)
यथैव क्षेत्रनिर्याता निर्यात क्षेत्रमेव च । हिनस्ति धान्यं कक्ष च न च धान्यं विनश्यति
yathaiva kṣetraniryātā niryāta kṣetram eva ca | hinasti dhānyaṃ kakṣaṃ ca na ca dhānyaṃ vinaśyati ||
ພີສະມະໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ: ເຫມືອນຊາວນາທີ່ຖາງນາ ໃນຂະນະກຳຈັດຫຍ້າອາດຈະຕັດກ້າເຂົ້າບາງກ້າລົງໄປດ້ວຍ ແຕ່ເຂົ້າບໍ່ໄດ້ພິນາດ—ກັບກາຍເປັນວ່າຫຼັງຖາງນາແລ້ວ ຜົນຜະລິດຍິ່ງເພີ່ມ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນໃນສົງຄາມ ເມື່ອທະຫານຂອງກະສັດໃຊ້ອາວຸດຫຼາຍຊະນິດຟັນຟາດ ແລະສັງຫານສັດຕູທີ່ຄວນຖືກສັງຫານ ການໄຖ່ບາບອັນຄົບຖ້ວນຂອງກະສັດຄື: ຫຼັງສົງຄາມ ຈົ່ງສົ່ງເສີມຄວາມຜາສຸກ ແລະຄວາມຈະເລີນຮຸ່ງເຮືອງຂອງປະຊາຊົນໃນອານາຈັກຂອງຕົນອີກຄັ້ງ ທຸກວິທີທາງ.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when violence occurs in a justified war, the ruler bears ethical responsibility afterward: the true expiation is to restore and advance the welfare of the kingdom—protecting, nurturing, and enabling prosperity—just as weeding may incidentally cut some grain but ultimately supports a greater harvest.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on rājadharma in the Śānti Parva, he uses an agricultural analogy: a farmer’s weeding may cause incidental loss yet serves the larger good; similarly, wartime killing of those deemed fit to be slain is framed as part of governance, and the king’s subsequent duty is comprehensive uplift of the realm.