Verse 38·VR 4.18.38
प्रधावितान् वा वित्रस्तान् विस्रब्धान् अतिविष्ठितान् || ४-१८-३८ प्रमत्तान् अप्रमत्तान् वा नरा मांस अशिनो भृशम् | विध्यन्ति विमुखाम् च अपि न च दोषो अत्र विद्यते || ४-१८-३९
yaanti raajarShayaH ca atra mR^igayaam dharma kovidaaH |tasmaat tvam nihato yuddhe mayaa baaNena vaanara |ayudhyan pratiyudhyan vaa yasmaat shaakhaa mR^igo hi asi || 4-18-40
Translation
"Meat eating people will undeniably kill animals, either they are speedily sprinting or standing steadily, fully dismayed or undismayed, vigilant or unvigilant, and even if they are facing away, in that there is no sacrilege. [4-18-38b, 39]
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Rama's Elucidation of Dharma to Vali
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