If the king did not protect, all restrictions about marriage and intercourse would disappear; all matters of agriculture and trade would fall into confusion; morality and the three Vedas would disappear.
पतेयुर्नरकं घोरं यदि राजा न पालयेत्॥ न योनिदोषो वर्तेत न कृषिर्न वणिक्पथः। मज्जेद् धर्मस्त्रयी न स्याद् यदि राजा न पालयेत्॥