Public Administration in Ancient India c19.45

c19.45

"A warrior whose armour has fallen off, or who begs for quarter, saying 'I am thine,' or who has laid aside his weapon, may simply be seized, but may not be slain. Nor should those be killed who are asleep, or thirsty, or fatigued, or whose accoutrements have fallen away, nor any person who has set his heart on final emancipation, or is fleeing, or is walking along a road, or is engaged in eating or drinking, or is mad, or has been wounded mortally, or is exceedingly weak with wounds, or is staying trustfully, or has a task in hand unfinished, or is skilled in a special art, or is in grief, or goes out of the camp for forage and fodder, nor those who are camp followers or who wait at the gates of the King and the ministers, or who do menial services.” 1