“Oh? What is rajadharma then?’ Somadeva asked with a chuckle. ‘To protect the weak, to bring prosperity to the masses, to eradicate poverty, to ensure each citizen has enough to fill their stomachs, a roof over their heads and decent clothes to wear, to ensure women can live with dignity, to build hospitals, streets, schools, to protect trade guilds, to prevent usury, to promote compassion not only to humans but to all creations of God—”