If the king did not protect, all persons possessing wealth would have to meet with death, imprisonment and persecution and the very idea of property would be lost.
क्लि श्नीयुरपि हिंस्युर्वा यदि राजा न पालयेत्॥ वधबन्धपिरक्लेशो नित्यमर्थवतां भवेत्।