A king will say 'I killed thousands of people'. He is simply doing egoism; he is taking pleasure in taking credit of doership (garva ras). They were killed by those who were on the battle field. Why does the king needlessly take on the liability [of new karmic causes]? In doing so, those who did the killing are set free. The rule is that the liability falls upon the one doing egosim [of doerhip]. Dada Bhagwan
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The king is not responsible for the death of the thousands of people he killed. He’s taking credit for doing so, because he killed them. What he should be doing is taking responsibility for his actions, by apologizing and asking forgiveness from the victims' families. This would take care of the karmic debt that he owes them, but since he's denying it, that debt will continue to grow larger.

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