Those men, who disobey all healthy checks and who are too much attached to the worldly objects, are regarded as brutes. They are constrained to act justly by the exercise of kingly duties. Those duties, therefore, are said to be the highest of all.
निर्मर्यादान् नित्यमर्थे निविर्श नाहुस्तांस्तान् वै पशुभूतान्मनुष्यान्। यथा नीतिं गमयत्यर्थयोर्गा च्छ्रेयस्तस्मादाश्रमात् क्षत्रधर्मः॥