Shloka 6
अध्याय २९७ — श्रेयः, धृति, दान-नियमाः
Welfare, Steadfastness, and Norms of Giving
किंतु जिसके पास युद्धका सामान हो, जो युद्धके लिये तैयार हो और अपने बराबरका हो, संग्रामभूमिमें उस क्षत्रियकुमारको राजा अवश्य जीतनेका प्रयत्न करे ।।
tulyād iha vadhaḥ śreyān viśiṣṭāc ceti niścayaḥ | nihīnāt kātarāc caiva kṛpaṇād garhito vadhaḥ ||
帕罗娑罗说：国王当在战场上竭力战胜那位刹帝利王子——其人军备齐整，已备战而立，且与王势力相当。通晓兵法者断言：死于同等之敌之手，乃至死于更胜一筹的英雄之手，皆为上选；而死于卑下者、怯懦者或卑贱可鄙之人之手，则被视为耻辱。
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
In kṣatriya ethics, combat should be undertaken against a properly prepared and worthy opponent; being slain by an equal or superior is considered honorable, while death at the hands of an inferior, cowardly, or base person is viewed as disgraceful.
Parāśara is instructing on norms of righteous warfare and royal conduct: a king should engage and seek victory over a battle-ready peer, and he cites the war-tradition’s judgment about what kinds of death in combat are praised or censured.