State and Government in Ancient India c12.s2.12

c12.s2.12

¹ Sāyaṇa explains *rājakritaḥ* as *rājānaṁ kṛṇvanti*, *rājyebhishiñchanti*. The commentator on the *Rāmāyaṇa* explains *rājyakartāraḥ* as *rājābhishekakārtāraḥ*. That this explanation is correct becomes quite clear when we read the names of *rājakartāraḥ* given in the next few verses of the *Rāmāyaṇa*. They are the names of famous Vaidika Brāhmaṇas only; no secular officers or leaders figure among them.