Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c37.56

c37.56

¹ *Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa*, V. 4. 3. 20. मेयं नावधुन्वीत. According to the author of the *Śatapatha* the country and the king entered into friendly relations for 'a mother does not injure her son, nor does a son, injure his mother;' नहि माता पुत्रं꣫ हिनस्ति न पुत्रो मातरम् ॥ Eggeling, *S. B. E.*, Vol. XLI, p. 110.