Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c47.75

c47.75

A mere reading of this śloka will satisfy those who are familiar with Hindu law that the translation is not what the Śloka says. The natural, unforced meaning of the śloka is:— "The king is the protector (*pati*), according to the "opinion of the learned in the Śāstras, of the *bhūmi* (land) "and water. Excepting these two whatever property there "may be, his family members have sameness of right therein."