Ksatriya's duties don't fit for sudras

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> This makes it sound like many ksatriyas (or warriors) would actually work

> under other ksatriyas, and it seems like ksatriyas could be employed to

> protect certain vaisyas under some circumstances. That confirms that not

> every ksatriya is "above" every vaisya in the social system, even if any

> warrior must have the ksatriya spirit.

 

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?