इयं हि पूर्वैः संदिष्टा गतिः क्षत्रियसंमता। क्षत्रियो निहतः संख्ये न शोच्य इति निश्चयः॥
iyaṃ hi pūrvaiḥ saṃdiṣṭā gatiḥ kṣatriyasaṃmatā| kṣatriyo nihataḥ saṃkhye na śocya iti niścayaḥ||
English Meaning
This procedure of the Ksatryas was laid down by the ancient preceptors that a kşatrya, when slain in battle should not be mourned for.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)