Rudra-samhita - Chapter 191 - Verse 35
Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · 191 · Verse 35
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Sanskrit Original
क्षत्रियस्य रणे श्रेयो मरणं सन्मुखे सदा ॥ न वीरमानिनो भूमौ दीनस्येव कृतांजलिः ॥ ३५ ॥
kSatriyasya raNe zreyo maraNaM sanmukhe sadA ॥ na vIramAnino bhUmau dInasyeva kRtAMjaliH ॥ 35 ॥
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For a Kṣatriya, death while fighting face to face with the enemy is commendable rather than joining the palms in reverence like a man in humble condition professing to be valorous.