[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [War in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944) › c12.13 # War in Ancient India c12.13 War in Ancient India c12.13 - **Language:** English ### [c12.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c12.13) tioned. He who performs even an undesirable and insurmountable task, out of devotion and love, is a puruṣottama, the best among men. Entrusted with a certain mission, he who does not act so as to enlist the love and affection of the king but does it in his own way, is a madhyamanara, the middling person; and that man who, though ordained, does not carry it out in the proper manner, is a puruṣādhama, the lowest among men. - [Previous: c12.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c12.12) - [Next: c12.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c12.14) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c12.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c12.13) · Pramāṇa