As the duties of the orders, as also of Brahmanas and of those that have retired from the world, O Yudhishthira, have before this been described as being included within those of that sacred mode of life viz., that of a householder so, the whole world, with all actions, is subject to kingly duties.
धर्माश्रमेऽध्यवसिनां ब्राह्मणानां युधिष्ठिर। यथा त्रयाणां वर्णानां संख्यातोपश्रुतिः पुराः॥