[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) › c5.s2.62 # War in Ancient India c5.s2.62 War in Ancient India c5.s2.62 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.62) 5. Poisoned or barbed arrows should not be used.⁸³ नेषुर्सितो न कर्णी स्यादसतामेतदायधम् । यथार्थमेव योद्धव्यं न क्रुध्येत जिघांसत ॥ नास्त्येकस्य गजो युद्ध गजश्चैकस्य विद्यते । न पदातिर्गजं युध्येन्न गजेन पदातिनम् ॥ हस्तिना योधयेन्नागं कदाचिच्छिक्षितो हयः । दिव्यास्त्राबलसंपन्नः कामं युध्येत सर्वदा ॥ नागे भूमौ समे चैव रथेनाधेन वा पुनः ॥ \*Ibid.\*, 11-13. - [Previous: c5.s2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.61) - [Next: c5.s2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.63) - [Up: c5.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.62) · Pramāṇa