[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985) › c19.s6.56 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s6.56 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s6.56 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s6.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.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). - [Previous: c19.s6.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s6.55) - [Next: c19.s6.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s6.57) - [Up: c19.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s6) ## Linked texts (2) - [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.1.4.6.1) — Sanskrit - [Sāmavidhānabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.samavidhana) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s6.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s6.56) · Pramāṇa