Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c30.3

c30.3

(*a*) that there were two political parties in the joint *Saṁgha* or *Federal Parliament*, each of which tried to gain the upper hand in political matters;
(*b*) that there were sharp discussions in their parliament or council, and Kṛishṇa was attacked, and he attacked others in return, for Nārada rebukes him for not having a tactful tongue;
(*c*) that at the time to which the history relates Babhru Ugrasena¹ and Kṛishṇa were the elected Presidents;
(*d*) that the republican leaders were mostly related to each other, and that Kṛishṇa was not equal to the influence or intrigue of his relatives. Āhuka on the side of the Vṛishṇis and Akrūra on the side of the Andhakas seem to have led the Federal Diet. [These two, according to the Sabhā-Parvan², had