Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government c2.12

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*Puró . . . agním . . . dadhidhvam*, RV. VI. 10. 1.
*Tásmai víśaḥ svayám evá namante, yásmin brahmâ rājani púrva éti*, RV. IV. 50. 8.
*Bhadrâd abhí śréyaḥ préhi, bŕhaspátir puraetâ te astu*, TS. III. 1. 1. 4.
*Brahma purastān ma ugraṁ rāṣṭram avyathyam asat*, AB. VIII. 1.
*Predaṁ brahma predaṁ kṣatram . . . brahmakṣatrayoḥ saṁśrityai*, AB. III. 11.
*Rājan, satyaṁ param brahma . . . satyaṁ saṁgatam astu te*, Mbh. I. 69. 25 (Poona ed.).¹