The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s6.59

c19.s6.59

50. *Yám krándasī saṃyatī́ vihvā́yete páré 'vara ubháyā amī́trāḥ, samānám cid ráthan ātasthivā́ṃsā nānā́ havete, sá janāsa índraḥ.* The image of the two on the same chariot seems to be an expression for the two partners bound together in the common endeavor of the cosmic fight for the goods of life. The sacrifice is equally a battle, albeit that in the classical conception there is no opposite party. It is interesting, though, that the vedi in the classical animal sacrifice should have the measurements of a chariot (*ĀpŚS* 7. 3. 7).