Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c37.39

c37.39

The purpose for which 'the State is given' is defined, 'for culture, well-being, prosperity, development' and is generally summed up in the expression: 'for the weal'; as the Commentator explains (साधवे त्वा;. It is not a gift; it is a trust, and a trust made sacred by the most sacred rites.