Guest guest Posted January 2, 1999 Report Share Posted January 2, 1999 > On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, COM: Jatukarnya (das) HKS (Cintamani Intl, Oslo - N) > wrote: > > > [Text 1980002 from COM] > > > > > It my understanding all military forces (ksatriyas) were in hands of a > > > king. And it was a duty of king to protect his vaisyas, so he was > > > appointing his soldiers for that job. And king paid them, not the > > > vaisyas. (Because soldiers should be loyal to the king first of all, > > > not to the vaisyas). And was he doing that for free then? Not exactly. > > > The king has a right to collect taxes from his citizens: > > > > > > 118. A Kshatriya (king) who, in times of distress, takes even the > > > fourth part (of the crops), is free from guilt, if he protects his > > > subjects to the best of his ability. > > > 119. His peculiar duty is conquest, and he must not turn back in > > > danger; having protected the Vaisyas by his weapons, he may cause the > > > legal tax to be collected; > > > 120. (Viz.) from Vaisyas one-eighth as the tax on grain, > > > one-twentieth (on the profits on gold and cattle), which amount at > > > least to one Karshapana; Sudras, artisans, and mechanics (shall) > > > benefit (the king) by (doing) work (for him). > > > > > > What is your opinion about it? > > > > Makes sense to me. > > > HKDD comments: > > Not to me. If Srila Prabhupada didn't give it to us directly, I think it > might be dangerous for us to even touch it. As regards vaisyas, Srila > Prabhupada recommended that they should pay 25% of their produce (not > profits) to the ksatriya. I am sorry that I was so unclear with my comment. I meant to comment on the following part of the text from Bh. Oleg: > > > It my understanding all military forces (ksatriyas) were in hands of a > > > king. And it was a duty of king to protect his vaisyas, so he was > > > appointing his soldiers for that job. And king paid them, not the > > > vaisyas. (Because soldiers should be loyal to the king first of all, > > > not to the vaisyas). And was he doing that for free then? Not exactly. > > > The king has a right to collect taxes from his citizens: That makes sense to me. To apply the exact taxes quoted also does not make sense to me. Regarding the 25 % of their intire produce, are you sure about this? I seem to remember that we discussed this earlier, and that we agreed that it was 25 % of the profit. Otherwise, it would be very hard to make profit. I think it would bankrupt almost any business nowadays to have to pay 25 % of its produce to the king or state. Ys Jkd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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