At first there was no sovereignty, no king, no punishment, and no punisher. All men used to protect one another piously.
न वै राज्यं न राजाऽऽसीन्न च दण्डो न दाण्डिकः। धर्मेणैव प्रजाः सर्वा रक्षन्ति स्म परस्परम्॥