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Mahabharat

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अधर्मः क्षत्रियस्यैष यद्व्याधिमरणं गृहे । यदाजौ निधनं याति सोऽस्य धर्मः सनातनः॥६-१७-११॥

This is considered contrary to kṣatriya-duty: to die at home from illness. But to meet death in a formal engagement is regarded as that kṣatriya’s perennial dharma.

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