Yudhishthira said There is the science of punishment; there is the king, and there are the subjects. Tell me, O grandfather, what advantage is derived by one of those from the others.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच दण्डनीतिश्च राजा च समस्तौ तावुभावपि। कस्य किं कुर्वतः सिद्ध्येत् तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह॥