What is the basis of origin of a state as per Shukra Niti ?

1.	What is the basis of origin of a state as per Shukra Niti ?
Answer» Though Shukra Niti has not provided any detailed and distinctive concept in respect of the origin of a state, yet two episodes of the epic insinuate that Shukra had supported the divine principle on the origin of a state. In one reference, Shukra says that lord Brahma has appointed a king as the preserver of the subject who levies taxes on people as his salary and his existence is for the service to the people. In another reference, it is also told that where there was no swami (king), and obviously there was anarchy all over, and people were running here and there for shelter, then God himself created a king for the safety of the world. Shukra accepts materialistic prosperity and moral growth of the subjects as the basis of existence of a state.

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Though Shukra Niti has not provided any detailed and distinctive concept in respect of the origin of a state, yet two episodes of the epic insinuate that Shukra had supported the divine principle on the origin of a state. In one reference, Shukra says that lord Brahma has appointed a king as the preserver of the subject who levies taxes on people as his salary and his existence is for the service to the people.

In another reference, it is also told that where there was no swami (king), and obviously there was anarchy all over, and people were running here and there for shelter, then God himself created a king for the safety of the world. Shukra accepts materialistic prosperity and moral growth of the subjects as the basis of existence of a state.

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