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# Garudapurana 2.48.13

Garuḍapurāṇa 2.48.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.48.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.48.13)

yaḥ kṣāttradehantu vihāya śocate raṇāṅgaṇe svāmivadhe ca gograhe /  
strībālaghāte pathi sārthahetave mayā svakośaṃ na hataṃ na pātitam //

> He who, having abandoned a kṣatriya body, grieves on the battlefield: 'At the slaying of my lord and the seizure of cattle, / or at the slaying of women and children on the road for the sake of a caravan, I did not strike and did not cast down my own sheath \[of weapons\]!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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