Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c47.62

c47.62

§ 349. This is the traditional view of the law ; this is the view of Mīmāṁsā whose verdict in Hindu law is final. This is in complete agreement with the view of the constitutional writers who have decided that the king is a mere servant getting his wages in taxes. The servant cannot claim the very property as his, to guard which he is appointed and for guarding which he gets his salary. This unanimous view of law and constitution on king's position was not confined to books. It was the common and accepted opinion in the country—so common and accepted that it had become current coin even in the domain of folk-lore.