The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s6.56

c19.s6.56

47. *TB* 1. 4. 6. 1: *Ékaiko vaí janātāyām índraḥ. ékaṃ vā etáv índram abhí sám sunutaḥ, yaú dvaú saṃ sunutáḥ. prajā́patir vá eṣá vítāyate, yád yajñáḥ. tásya grā́vāṇo dántāḥ, anyatarám vā́ eté saṃsunvatór nī́rbapsati.* Cf. in this connection the formula, recorded in the *Sāmavidhāna Brāhmaṇa*, for success in a verbal contest in the gathering (pariṣad): *Rājanvān aham, arājaskas tvam*, “I have the king (on my side), you have no king” (2. 7. 13).