[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) › c6.s2.2 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c6.s2.2 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c6.s2.2 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c6.s2.2) It seems clear that the cooperation between the rival parties is as delicate as it is pivotal. In the texts we can still find the fear that the sacrifice that has been offered will not come back again. Thus \*Taittirīya Saṃhitā\* 6. 6. 7. 3 says that at the end of the Soma ceremony, in the afternoon, the sacrifice leaves the one who has offered it and goes away to the one who has not offered it; therefore special libations are prescribed to hold it. Thus we also read that "the food of him who has given all, has gone to the (other) people" and therefore he must go there to win it back again.³⁸ The well-known motif of the sacrifice going away from the devas to join the asuras and of the efforts of the devas to win it back seems to bear out the same idea. - [Previous: c6.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c6.s2.1) - [Next: c6.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c6.s2.3) - [Up: c6.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c6.s2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya.6.6.7.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c6.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c6.s2.2) · Pramāṇa