If the king did not observe the duty of protection, the strong would by would by force misappropriate the properties of the weak, and if the latter refuse to surrender to them easily their very lives would be taken,
हरेयुर्बलवन्तोऽपि दुर्बलानां परिग्रहान् हन्युक्यच्छमानांश्च यदि राजा न पालयेत्॥