Shiva Purana

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हंतव्योऽपि न हंतव्यः पानीयं यश्च याचते॥ रणे हत्वातुरान्व्यास स नरो ब्रह्महा भवेत् ॥ ३६॥

sanskrit

Even a murderer shall not be attacked and killed if he is thirsty and begs for water. O Vyāsa, by killing the sick and the distressed even in battle a man becomes guilty of brahminicide.

english translation

haMtavyo'pi na haMtavyaH pAnIyaM yazca yAcate॥ raNe hatvAturAnvyAsa sa naro brahmahA bhavet ॥ 36॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/uma-samhita/21/36

हंतव्योऽपि न हंतव्यः पानीयं यश्च याचते॥ रणे हत्वातुरान्व्यास स नरो ब्रह्महा भवेत् ॥ ३६॥

sanskrit

Even a murderer shall not be attacked and killed if he is thirsty and begs for water. O Vyāsa, by killing the sick and the distressed even in battle a man becomes guilty of brahminicide.

english translation

haMtavyo'pi na haMtavyaH pAnIyaM yazca yAcate॥ raNe hatvAturAnvyAsa sa naro brahmahA bhavet ॥ 36॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript