A king will say 'I killed thousands of people'. He is simply doing egoism; he is taking pleasure in taking credit of doer ship (Garvey RAS). They were killed by those who were on the battlefield. 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 egoism [of doer hip].