SB 1.7.36

मत्तं प्रमत्तमुन्मत्तं सुप्तं बालं स्त्रियं जडम् ।
प्रपन्नं विरथं भीतं न रिपुं हन्ति धर्मवित् ॥ ३६ ॥
mattaṁ pramattam unmattaṁ suptaṁ bālaṁ striyaṁ jaḍam
prapannaṁ virathaṁ bhītaṁ na ripuṁ hanti dharma-vit

Synonyms

[To kill a sleeping child, even though an enemy, is a violation of dharma (ripor api suptasya bālasya ca vadho na dharma ity). This is shown here by another argument (anyārthair darśayati).142]; dharma-vit — a person acquainted with dharma; na hanti — will not kill; ripum — an enemy; mattam — [who is] intoxicated [with liquor or other inebriating substances (madyādinā)]; pramattam — inattentive [anavahitam]; unmattam — insane [mentally deranged due to malevolent planetary influences or aberration in the flow of the vital air within the body (graha-vātādinā)]; suptam — asleep; bālam — a child; striyam — a woman; jaḍam — indolent [anudyamam]; prapannam — surrendered [śaraṇāgatam]; viratham — dispossessed of chariot [whose chariot is broken (bhagna-ratham)]; bhītam — [or] terrified.

Translation

A person acquainted with dharma will not kill an enemy who is intoxicated, inattentive, insane, asleep, a mere child, a woman, indolent, surrendered, dispossessed of chariot, or terrified.

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