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