These punishments, having rebukes as their first, are considered as so many forms of the sword. They are the forms that the sword assumes for the sins of persons under the protection (of the king).
असेरेतानि रूपाणि दुरादीनि निर्दिशेत्॥ असेरेवं प्रमाणानि परिपाल्य व्यतिक्रमात्।