- युद्धं च क्षत्रशमनं पृथिवीक्षयकारकम्।
किंचिदेव निमित्तं च भवत्यत्र क्षयावहम्॥ - yuddhaṃ ca kṣatraśamanaṃ pṛthivīkṣayakārakam।
kiṃcideva nimittaṃ ca bhavatyatra kṣayāvaham॥ - “A war annihilates the rulers and causes the ruination of the earth. Though the reasons for war are minor, they culminate into a destructive phenomenon.”
- Nārada to Yudhiṣṭhira
in Mahābhārata, 2.12.30.
