# Violence [[sb/1/7/36#purport|SB 1.7.36]] * *kṣatriyas *may use, [[bg/16/1|Bg. 16.1]] (16), [[bg/18/47|Bg. 18.47]], [[bg/18/48|Bg. 18.48]] * action &, in mode of ignorance, [[bg/18/25|Bg. 18.25]] * as duty, [[bg/2/31–33|Bg. 2.31–33]] * as inevitable, [[bg/2/27|Bg. 2.27]] * austerity for sake of, [[bg/17/19|Bg. 17.19]] * authorized & unauthorized, [[bg/18/17|Bg. 18.17]] * by demons, against himself as well as others, [[bg/16/18|Bg. 16.18]] * forbidden & allowable, [[bg/2/19|Bg. 2.19]], [[bg/2/21|Bg. 2.21]] * forbidden by Vedas, 2.19 * justifiable, compared to surgery, [[bg/2/21|Bg. 2.21]] * Lord’s sanction for, [[bg/2/30|Bg. 2.30]], [[bg/2/31|Bg. 2.31]] * necessary sometimes, [[bg/2/21|Bg. 2.21]], [[bg/2/30–31|Bg. 2.30–31]], [[bg/3/20|Bg. 3.20]], [[bg/16/1|Bg. 16.1]] (16), [[bg/18/47|Bg. 18.47]], [[bg/18/48|Bg. 18.48]] * ordered for Arjuna, [[sb/3/29/15#purport|SB 3.29.15]] * proper & improper, [[sb/3/29/15-15#purport|SB 3.29.15-15]] * reincarnation &, unnecessary, [[bg/2/27|Bg. 2.27]] * religious, [[bg/2/30–32|Bg. 2.30–32]] * soul’s eternality doesn’t excuse, [[bg/2/30|Bg. 2.30]] * strength for, purpose of, [[bg/7/11|Bg. 7.11]] * to animals * *See also:* Animal slaughter * forbidden, [[bg/2/19|Bg. 2.19]], [[bg/16/1|Bg. 16.1]] (13) * to oneself as well as others as demoniac, [[bg/16/18|Bg. 16.18]] * work based on, in ignorance mode, [[bg/18/25|Bg. 18.25]] *See also:* Animal slaughter; Kurukṣetra Battle; [Killing](entries/killing.md); [Murder](entries/murder.md); [Nonviolence](entries/nonviolence.md); [War](entries/war.md); Warfare *See:* [Killing](entries/killing.md)