Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c20.10

c20.10

⁴ ^4 Pāṇini, IV. 3. 95-100: **भक्तिः ९५॥ अचिलाददेशानाताट्ठन् । ९६॥ महाराजाट्ठञ् । ९७॥ वासुदेवार्जुनाभ्यां वुन् । ९८॥ गोत्रचरणाद्वुञ् । ९९॥ जनपदिनां जनपदवत्सर्वं जनपदेन समानशब्दानां बहुवचने ॥ १००॥** Sūtra 96 distinguishes loyalty from partiality in the use of *bhakti*. Cf. Kāśikā (343); *achitta*, 'non-purpose' or 'non-thoughtfulness' is significant. One's weakness for milk is an '*achitta*' *bhakti*; i.e., political *bhakti* is a considered and rational condition of mind.