Dharma, righteousness, is the king of kings



CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OF INDIA DEBATES
(PROCEEDINGS)-VOLUME II
Monday, the 20th January, 1947




Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
14 May 1962 – 13 May 1967
CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OF INDIA DEBATES
(PROCEEDINGS)-VOLUME II
Monday, the 20th January, 1947


That Dharma not the ruler has been the sovereign in the land of Vedas. This was asserted by Dr  Radha Krishnan in reply to Objective Resolution of Pt Neehru. He  said  on the concept of Dharma on  20 Jan1947, in  Constituent Assembly Debates "When a few merchants from the north went down to the south, one of the Princes of the Deccan asked the question. "Who is your King?" The answer was, "Some of us are governed by assemblies, some of us by kings."

Kecid deso ganadhina kecid rajadhina.

Panini, Megasthenes and Kautilya refer to the Republics of Ancient India.The Great Buddha belonged to the Republic of Kapilavastu. Much has been said about the sovereignty of the people. We have held that the ultimate sovereignty rests with the moral law, with the conscience of humanity. People as well as kings are subordinate to that. Dharma, righteousness, is the king of kings.

Dharmam Kshatrasya Kshatram.

It is the ruler of both the people and the rulers themselves. It is the sovereignty of the law which we have asserted."

Surya Pratap Singh Rajawat
Advocate
Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur
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