Shloka 276
Yuddha-yajña-vyākhyāna (The Battle as Sacrifice): Ambarīṣa–Indra Saṃvāda
आत्मानं यूपमुत्सृज्य स यज्ञोडनन्तदक्षिण: । जब लुटेरे ब्राह्मणके धनका अपहरण करते हों
ātmānaṃ yūpam utsṛjya sa yajño 'nantadakṣiṇaḥ |
ອຳບາຣີສະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ເມື່ອພວກປົ່ນຊິງຍຶດເອົາຊັບຂອງພຣາຫມັນ, ຜູ້ກ້າຫານຜູ້ເຂົ້າສູ່ການຮົບຕໍ່ຕ້ານພວກນັ້ນ ໂດຍພະຍາຍາມຈະສະຫຼະແມ່ນແຕ່ຮ່າງກາຍອັນຮັກຂອງຕົນ—ຖວາຍຮ່າງກາຍເສມືອນເສົາຍູປະ (yūpa) ໃນຍັດຍະ—ຫຼືຜູ້ທີ່ສະຫຼະ “ຍູປະຄືຮ່າງກາຍ” ແລ້ວຟັນຟາດເຂົ້າໄປ, ການຮົບນັ້ນເອງ ຖືກເອີ້ນວ່າ ຍັດຍະທີ່ມີທັກຊິນາ (dakṣiṇā) ອັນບໍ່ມີທີ່ສິ້ນສຸດ.
अम्बरीष उवाच
Educational Q&A
Righteous combat undertaken to protect a brāhmaṇa (and, by extension, the innocent and dharma) is elevated to the status of a sacrifice: offering one’s own body like a yūpa makes the act spiritually meritorious, ‘endowed with endless dakṣiṇās,’ rather than mere aggression.
Ambarīṣa explains that when robbers plunder a brāhmaṇa’s wealth, a heroic defender who enters battle ready to give up his life is effectively performing a yajña; the battlefield becomes the ritual arena and self-sacrifice becomes the offering.