State and Government in Ancient India c14.s1.5

c14.s1.5

¹ The verse in question is:—उपत्तिष्ठति रामस्य समग्रमभिषेचनम् । पौरजानपदश्चापि नैगमश्च कृताञ्जलिः ॥ Jayaswal's argument is that because the verb उपतिष्ठति is in the singular, therefore each of the subjects joined by the particle *cha* should also be in the singular; hence it follows that the first word in the next line should be read as *jānapadaḥ* and not *jānapadāḥ*; it would then denote the Jānapadaḥ Assembly and not merely citizens. Grammar, however, lays down no such rule; on the contrary it states that even if each of the words joined by the particle *cha* is in the singular, the verb will be in the combined number, dual or plural.