Shanti Parva 100.24
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 100 · Verse 24
Sanskrit Original
प्रसुप्तांस्तृषिताश्रान्तान् प्रकीर्णान् नाभिघातयेत्॥ मोक्षे प्रयाणे चलने पानभोजनकालयोः। अतिक्षिप्तान् व्यतिक्षिप्तान् निहतान् प्रतनूकृतान्॥ सुविश्रब्धान् कृतारम्भानुपन्यासान् प्रतापितान्। बहिश्चरानुपन्यासान् कृतवेश्मानुसारिणः॥ पारम्पर्यागते द्वारे ये केचिदनुवर्तिनः। परिचर्यावतो द्वारे ये च केचन वर्गिणः॥
No one should kill the sleepy, or the thirsty, or the fatigued, or one whose armours have fallen away, or one who has set his heart on final liberation, or one who is flying away, or one who is walking along a road, or one engaged in drinking or eating, or one who is mad, or one who is insane, or one who has been wounded morally, or one who has been greatly weakened by his wounds, or one who is residing confidentally, or one who has begun any task without having been able to finish it, or one who is a master of some particular art, or one who is in grief, or one who goes out of the camp for procuring forage or fodder, or men who pitch camps or are camp-followers, or those who wait at the gates of the king or of his ministers, or his menials, or the head of such servants.