The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s10.57

c19.s10.57

⁵⁵ *AŚ* 5. 6. 34: *Ayaṃ vo nikṣepaḥ, pitaram asyāvekṣadhvaṃ sattvābhijanam ātmanaśca, dhvajamātro 'yaṃ, bhavanta eva svāminaḥ, kathaṃ vā kriyatām iti*. Scharfe takes *ātmanaḥ* as referring to the pretendent (*Untersuchungen*, 219); it would, however, seem that an appeal to the mahāmātras' own quality and honor as masters of the realm is perfectly in keeping with the context.