The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c16.s2.t2.39

c16.s2.t2.39

It is under these conditions of a “conquest of the quarters” that the hero of the *Raghu-vaṁśa* is authorized to celebrate the *viśva-jit* (indicating world subjugation) sacrifice at the end of his Alexandrine exploits. *Dig-vijaya* brings about a situation in which there is absolutely no scope for the doctrine of *maṇḍala* or international *mâtsya-nyâya*. The world is at peace under the undisputed sway of the lord of the *universitas quaedum*, the *sârva-bhauma*. The unstable equilibrium of a *vijigîṣu’s* hypothetical *maṇḍala* has given way to the *pax sârva-bhaumica* established by the *de facto* monopoly of world control through *dig-vijaya*.