Beggars, principal judges, judges, astrologers, performers of propitiatory and Atharvan rites, treasury, allies, grain, and all other requisites, form the body, composed of seven attributes and eight limbs, of a kingdom. Punishment is another powerful limb of kingdom. Punishment is the creator of a kingdom.
भिक्षुकाः प्राड्विवाकाश्च मौहूर्ता दैवचिन्तकाः। कोशो मित्राणि धान्यं च सर्वोपकरणानि च॥ सप्तप्रकृति चाष्टाङ्गं शरीरमिह यद् विदुः। राज्यस्य दण्डमेवाङ्गं दण्डः प्रभव एव च।॥