The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.25.39

6.25.39

nanu ‘āhūto na nivarteta dyūtādapi raṇādapi’ iti, ‘vijitaṃ kṣatriyasya’ iti ca yuddhādanivṛttirhiṃsayā ca vṛttiḥ kṣatriyasyeṣṭā, tatkathaṃ yuddhānnivṛttimicchasītyāśaṅkyāha - kathamiti | sā hi lobhamūlikā smṛtiḥ kulakṣayadoṣavidhinā bādhyate | yathā ‘audumbarīṃ spṛṣṭvodgāyet’ iti sparśanavidhinā viruddhā satī ‘audumbarī sarvā veṣṭayitavyā’ iti sarvaveṣṭanasmṛtirbādhyate lobhamūlakatvāttadvat | nahi vidhimātrādyatkiñcitkartavyam | śyenādīnāmadharmarūpāṇāmapyavaśyānuṣṭheyatvāpatteḥ | tasmādyatphalato na duṣyati tadeva vihitaṃ dharmarūpamanuṣṭheyam | yathoktaṃ “phalato'pi ca yatkarma nānarthenānubadhyate | kevalaṃ prītihetutvāttaddharma iti kathyate |” iti | śyenādivatpāpānubandhitvāt yuddhaṃ tyājyamevetyarthaḥ ||