The rod of chastisement protects. Religion and Profit. It protects Pleasure also, O king! For this, the rod of chastisement is identified with the three-fold objects of life.
दण्डः संरक्षते धर्मं तथैवार्थ जनाधिप। कामं संरक्षते दण्डस्त्रिवर्गो दण्ड उच्यते॥