In the absence of king's protection men would disobey or even injure their very parents if aged, their very preceptors, guests and elders.
अधर्मः प्रगृहीतः स्याद् यदि राजा न पालयेत्॥ मातरं पितरं वृद्धमाचार्यमतिथिं गुरुम्।