If chastisement were done away with in this word, creatures would soon be destroyed. Like fishes in the water, stronger animals devour the weaker.
दण्डचेन्न भवेल्लोके विनश्येयुरिमाः प्रजाः। जले मत्स्यानिवाभक्ष्यन् दुर्बलान् बलवत्तराः॥