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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.7.36

మత్తం ప్రమత్తమున్మత్తం సుప్తం బాలం స్త్రియం జడమ్ । ప్రపన్నం విరథం భీతం న రిపుం హన్తి ధర్మవిత్ ॥ ౩౬ ॥
mattaṁ pramattam unmattaṁ
[mattam pramattam unmattam]
suptaṁ bālaṁ striyaṁ jaḍam
[suptam baalam striyam jadam]
prapannaṁ virathaṁ bhītaṁ
[prapannam viratham bheetam]
na ripuṁ hanti dharma-vit
[na ripum hanti dharma-vit]
mattam — careless pramattam — intoxicated unmattam — insane suptam — asleep bālam — boy striyam — woman jaḍam — foolish prapannam — surrendered viratham — one who has lost his chariot bhītam — afraid na — not ripum — enemy hanti — kill dharma-vit — one who knows the principles of religion.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
mattaṁ pramattam unmattaṁ
mattam
careless
pramattam
intoxicated
unmattam
insane
suptaṁ bālaṁ striyaṁ jaḍam
suptam
asleep
bālam
boy
striyam
woman
jaḍam
foolish
prapannaṁ virathaṁ bhītaṁ
prapannam
surrendered
viratham
one who has lost his chariot
bhītam
afraid
na ripuṁ hanti dharma-vit
na
not
ripum
enemy
hanti
kill
dharma-vit
one who knows the principles of religion.
A person who knows the principles of religion does not kill an enemy who is careless, intoxicated, insane, asleep, afraid or devoid of his chariot. Nor does he kill a boy, a woman, a foolish creature or a surrendered soul.

An enemy who does not resist is never killed by a warrior who knows the principles of religion. Formerly battles were fought on the principles of religion and not for the sake of sense gratification. If the enemy happened to be intoxicated, asleep, etc., as above mentioned, he was never to be killed. These are some of the codes of religious war. Formerly war was never declared by the whims of selfish political leaders; it was carried out on religious principles free from all vices. Violence carried out on religious principles is far superior to so-called nonviolence.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The knower of dharma does not kill an enemy who is a drunkard, or who is inattentive, insane, sleeping, young, a female, immobilized, surrendered, without chariot, or afraid.
Commentary

Mattam means intoxicated because of liquor etc. Pramattam means inattentive. Unmattam means crazy because of planetary influences or disturbance of vāta in the body.

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