The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s9.t6.18

c14.s9.t6.18

9. The Duties of kings. Mitra-Miśra quotes the *Viṣṇudharmottara* to say that the king does not have to make up for the householder's losses caused by thieving in case the latter's servants are the thieves. The ruling is in modification of that of Yājnavalkya whose recommendation to the effect that the subjects are to be compensated by the king for their losses due to thieving is too universal (p. 127).