Bhagavadgita 4.5

4.5

gurūniti | mahānanargalo'nubhāvo dharmabrahmaviṣayako bodho yeṣāṃ tān mahānubhāvān gurūn bhīṣmadroṇakṛpādīnahatvā iha loke bhaikṣyaṃ bhikṣānnaṃ naḥ śreyaḥ yuddhavacchreyaskaraṃ bhavati | tadeva bhoktuṃ yuktaṃ gurvādisvajanahiṃsārahitaṃ bhikṣāśanamasmākaṃ śreyaskaramityarthaḥ| 'akṛtvā parasaṃtāpamagatvā khalamandiram| akleśayitvā cātmānaṃ yadalpamapi tadbahu ||' ityādiśāstraprasiddhidyotanārtho hiśabdaḥ| kimanāthavadbhikṣāśanaṃ śūrāṇāṃ, śatrūn jitvā rājyabhogaḥ kartavya ityata āha-hatveti | kāmirjñānārthaḥ | arthān dharmādipuruṣārthān śiṣyebhyaḥ kāmayanti bodhayantītyarthakāmāstān dharmopadeṣṭṝn gurūn hatvāha'mihaiva loke rudhirapradigdhān raktadhārāprasiktān rudhiramayān bhogān bhujyanta iti bhogāḥ viṣayāstānnārakīyān bhuñjīyā'nubhaveyam | natu nārakīyā eva kiṃtu gurvādivadhena jugupsyo narakabhogo'traiva bhaviṣyatyato gurvādisūnuṃ bhikṣāśanaṃ śreyaskaraṃ manya ityarthaḥ |
'ye yudhyante pradhaneṣu śūrāso ye tanutyajaḥ' iti śravaṇāt kṣatriyāṇāṃ yuddhameva śreyaskaraṃ natu bhikṣāśanamityata āha-