It implies that dharma is the overarching concept guiding the society (this is reflected in Aśoka’* Edicts, for instance). But dharma is not a simple “law” identical for everyone; there was, in theory at least, a dharma for every caste, a dharma for every stage of life, a very demanding dharma for the ruler (hence many royal inscriptions boasting of a “dharmic” rule), etc.
