There are persons who are checked by only the rod of chastisement from devouring one another. If the rod of chastisement did not protect people, they would have been immersed in the darkness of hell.
दण्डस्यैव भयादेके न खादन्ति परस्परम्। अन्धे तमसि मज्जेयुर्यदि दण्डो न पालयेत्॥