The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s10.38

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³⁸ Perhaps the same idea can be discerned in *AB* 3. 22. 7, where the gods obtain a share in Indra's booty through his wife, Prāsahā, who is at the same time his "weapon" (*senā*). The gods put her to shame by saying to her, "Ka ('who,' or Prajāpati, her father-in-law) sees you." Thus cowering Indra's *senā*, they manage to obtain a share. In the above case of the karambha offering on the southern fire, at which Indra and the Maruts are invoked, the Maruts, or the viś, in the same way are not only bound but also obtain their share.