“Have you considered what kṣata means? It means sorrow, and the one who protects the people from it is called a kṣatriya. Such a war of Dharma falls to the lot of only a few souls of great merit; it is no common thing! And among them, it is to the kṣatriya alone that this merit has come. Think how great a merit, and how great a service, lies in protecting those devoted to Dharma and destroying those given to Adharma! The war that is waged to establish peace and well-being in the world is called a war of Dharma.”