The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c16.s1.t2.4

c16.s1.t2.4

This proprietary consciousness is created in men for the first time by the state through its sanction, the *danda*. For it enjoins⁴ that vehicles, apparel, ornaments, and jewels must be "enjoyed by those to whom they belong", and that one's wife, children, and food "must not be encroached upon by others." And it is only through *bhaya*⁵ or fear of the state that the people observe these injunctions, and the sanctity of property is kept entire.