Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c7.16

c7.16

Later, it is expressly allowed that in the case of a second marriage, one may wed a woman of a lower caste. People of all caste must be set to their duty. In particular, Manu remarks that Vaiśyas and Śūdras must be compelled to perform their prescribed jobs, for if they swerved from their duties, the world would be thrown into confusion. Such is the social scheme which the government is asked to enforce.³