Kural 771<\/p>\n
Dare you not, my enemies, to stand against my monarch!
\nMany who did now stand as stone monuments.
\nKural 772<\/p>\n
It is more gratifying to carry a lance that missed an elephant
\nthan to hold an arrow that hit a thicket-dwelling rabbit.
\nKural 773<\/p>\n
Intrepid courage is what they call valor,
\nand clemency toward the defeated is its sharp edge.
\nKural 774<\/p>\n
Having hurled his spear at a battlefield elephant,
\nthe hero found another piercing his side and grasped it with glee.
\nKural 775<\/p>\n
Is it not a disgraceful defeat to the courageous warrior
\nif his defiant eyes so much as blink when a lance is hurled at him?
\nKural 776<\/p>\n
When recounting his days, the heroic soldier regards all those
\non which no battle scars were sustained as squandered.
\nKural 777<\/p>\n
To fasten the warrior’s anklet on one who desires glory
\nmore than life is to decorate heroism with distinction.
\nKural 778<\/p>\n
Men of courage who do not fear for their lives in battle do not
\nforfeit soldierly ardor, even if the king prohibits their fighting.
\nKural 779<\/p>\n
Who would dare deride as defeated
\nmen who die fulfilling valor’s vow?
\nKural 780<\/p>\n
Heroic death that fills the sovereign’s eyes with tears
\nis worth begging for and then dying for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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