'Protection of the subjects, O Yudhishthira, is the quintessence of duties. the divine Brihaspati does not speak so highly of any other duty.
भीष्म उवाच एतत् ते राजधर्माणां नवनीतं युधिष्ठिर। बृहस्पतिर्हि भगवान् न्याय्यं धर्मं प्रशंसति॥