[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968) › c7.320 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.320 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.320 - **Language:** English ### [c7.320](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.320) Physician is that sage's name who slays the devil, and chases disease away.¹ 4. Take hold of thine own dominion \[\*kṣatra\*\], Agni; with \[thy\] friend Agni, strive in friendly wise; \[as one\] of midmost station among \[his\] fellows \[\*sajātā\*\], \[as one\] to be severally invoked of nobles \[\*rājñām\*\], Agni shine thou here.² 5. When the nobles \[\*rājāno\*\] share among themselves the remainder of wealth the sixteenth part of which has been offered and bestowed on Yama \[as sacrifice\]—ye, assessors of Yama: after the offering of the white-footed sheep, given \[as\] ancestral offering, Yama releases \[us from the tax\].³ 6. Make thou me dear to the gods, make me dear amongst the nobles \[\*rājasu\*\], dear to everything that sees, both to the Śūdra and to the Ārya.⁴ 7. Bestow splendour on our Brāhmaṇas, bestow splendour on our nobles \[\*rājasu\*\]; bestow splendour on the Vaiśya, . . .Śūdras and on me.⁵ 8. Just as I speak in endearing terms to people, to Brāhmaṇas, nobles \[\*rājanya\*\], Śūdras, Āryans, and even to my deadly foe, so may I become dear to the gods, to the bestower of gifts; may my desire be fulfilled, and may I realize this.⁶ - [Previous: c7.319](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.319) - [Next: c7.321](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.321) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.320](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.320) · Pramāṇa