According to Vedic
injunctions there are six kinds of aggressors: 1) a poison giver, 2) one who
sets fire to the house, 3) one who attacks with deadly weapons, 4) one who
plunders riches, 5) one who occupies another's land, and 6) one who kidnaps a
wife. Such aggressors are at once to be killed, and no sin is incurred by
killing such aggressors. Such killing of aggressors is quite befitting for any
ordinary man, but Arjuna was not an ordinary person. He was saintly by
character, and therefore he wanted to deal with them in saintliness. This kind
of saintliness, however, is not for a kṣatriya.
According to Vedic injunctions there are six kinds of
aggressors:
1) a poison giver,
2) one who sets fire to the house,
3) one who attacks with deadly weapons,
4) one who plunders riches,
5) one who occupies another's land, and
6) one who kidnaps a wife.
Such aggressors are at once to be killed, and no sin is
incurred by killing such aggressors. Such killing of aggressors is quite
befitting for any ordinary man, but Arjuna was not an ordinary person. He was
saintly by character, and therefore he wanted to deal with them in saintliness.
This kind of saintliness, however, is not for a kṣatriya.
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