The king protects all this with (due) care and makes all the castes carry out their respective duties. He should not indulge in sensual pleasures. He should be impartial and treat all his subjects equally. A king should never yield to the promptings of desires that contradict righteousness. If there is someone more praiseworthy than himself, who is well known and endowed with every virtue, the king should have his subjects go to see him. A bad king, however, will not understand this. Growing strong, cruel, and becoming the target of fate's wrath, he casts covetous glances upon the wealth of others. Then war follows, for which weapons, armor, and bows are made. Indra devised these implements in order to execute robbers. He likewise devised armor, weapons, and bows. Religious merit is gained by executing robbers. A multitude of terrible evils has appeared because of the unrighteousness of the Kurus and their disregard for law and religion. This is wrong, O Sanjaya. Now King Dhritarashtra, together with his sons, has without cause seized what by right belonged to the son of Pandu. He does not object to the ancient law observed by kings.