Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s2.105

c8.s2.105

One has the power of *tapas* and *mantras* (तपोमन्त्रबलं) and the other the strength of weapons and arms⁴ (अस्त्रबाहुबलं). It is certainly difficult to find the superiority of the nobility in the epic as Prof. Hopkins would make us believe.⁵