[596] Then the cavalry chief (assāroha gāmaṇi) approached the Blessed One; having approached, he sat down to one side. Sitting to one side, the cavalry chief said this to the Blessed One: "Venerable sir, I have heard this said by cavalrymen of old, teachers and teachers of teachers: 'When a cavalryman strives and exerts himself in battle, and others slay him and finish him off while he is thus striving and exerting himself, then with the breaking up of the body, after death, he is reborn in the company of the Sarajita devas.' What does the Blessed One say to this?"
"Enough, chief, let that be; do not ask me that."
A second time … A third time the cavalry chief said this to the Blessed One: "Venerable sir, I have heard this said by cavalrymen of old, teachers and teachers of teachers: 'When a cavalryman strives and exerts himself in battle, and others slay him and finish him off while he is thus striving and exerting himself, then with the breaking up of the body, after death, he is reborn in the company of the Sarajita devas.' What does the Blessed One say to this?"
"Surely, chief, I did not get through to you when I said: 'Enough, chief, let that be; do not ask me that.' Nevertheless, I shall answer you. Chief, when a cavalryman strives and exerts himself in battle, his mind (citta) is already seized, ill-conceived, and wrongly directed thus: 'Let these beings be slain, let them be slaughtered, let them be annihilated, let them be destroyed, or let them not exist!' If others then slay him and finish him off while he is thus striving and exerting himself, then with the breaking up of the body, after death, he is reborn in the hell named Sarajita. But if he holds such a view as this: 'When a cavalryman strives and exerts himself in battle, and others slay him and finish him off while he is thus striving and exerting himself, then with the breaking up of the body, after death, he is reborn in the company of the Sarajita devas' — that is his wrong view (micchādiṭṭhi). And for a person of wrong view, chief, I declare one of two destinations (gati): hell (niraya) or the animal realm (tiracchānayoni)."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.