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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 8]
PURPORT
Whenever there is a war, there is certainly a massacre of many innocent living beings, such as boys,  brāhmaṇas  and women, whose killing is considered to be the greatest of sins. They are all innocent creatures, and in all circumstances killing of them is forbidden in the scriptures. Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was aware of these mass killings. Similarly, there were friends, parents and preceptors also on both sides, and all of them were killed. It was simply horrible for him to think of such killing, and therefore he was thinking of residing in hell for millions and billions of years.
TEXT 50
नैनो राज्ञः प्रजाभर्तुर्धर्मयुद्धे वधो द्विषाम् । इति मे न तु बोधाय कल्पते शासनं वचः ॥५०॥
naino rājñaḥ prajā-bhartur dharma yuddhe vadho dviṣām iti me na tu bodhāya kalpate śāsanam vacaḥ
na —never;  enaḥ —sins;  rājñaḥ —of the king;  prajā-bhartuḥ —of one who is engaged in the maintenance of the citizens;  dharma —for the right cause;  yuddhe —in the fight;  vadhaḥ —killing;  dviṣām —of the enemies;  iti —all these;  me —for me;  na —never;  tu —but;  bodhāya —for satisfaction;  kalpate —they are meant for administration;  śāsanam —injunction;  vacaḥ —words of.
TRANSLATION
There is no sin for a king who kills for the right cause, who is engaged in maintaining his citizens. But this injunction is not applicable to me.
PURPORT
Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira thought that although he was not actually involved in the administration of the kingdom, which was being carried on well by Duryodhana without harm to the citizens, he caused the killing of so many living beings only for his personal gain of the kingdom from the hands of Duryodhana. The killing was committed not in the course of