Hindu Administrative Institutions c11.s3.11

c11.s3.11

Vyāsa says that it is the right royal road leading to heaven. No amount of sacrifice, penance, or learning would be of avail in attaining heaven as this straight path of being killed in a righteous war. From *Āpastamba*'s ‘युध्यमानो हत’ down to the later law-giver and the later *Arthaśāstra* writer there is unanimous recommendation of the principle of fighting to the end and never turning back.