[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928) › c7.186 # The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c7.186 The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c7.186 - **Language:** English ### [c7.186](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c7.186) Justice. At the same time the king is declared immune from punishment. "For Varuṇa Dharmapati (lord of the law)," says the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, "he then prepares a Varuṇa pap of barley, thereby Varuṇa, the lord of the law, makes him lord of the law; and that truly is the supreme state, when one is lord of the law; for whoever attains to the supreme state, to him they come in (matters of law): therefore to - [Previous: c7.185](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c7.185) - [Next: c7.187](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c7.187) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c7.186](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c7.186) · Pramāṇa