[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) › c7.474 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.474 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.474 - **Language:** English ### [c7.474](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.474) Ye sweet ones, maintainers of the \*vidatha\*, Lords of the good, drink ye the heated \*ghee\* or oblation (\*gharma\*)¹ in the shining space of the sky.² 39. Where the eagles in \*vidatha\* sound incessantly (\*animeṣam\*) unto the drought of \*amṛta\*—thus the shepherd of all existence (\*viśvasya bhuvanasya gopāḥ\*) he (\*ātmā\*) the wise one entered there into me that am simple.³ 40. The (two) invokers of the gods, first, well-voiced, shaping the sacrifice (\*yajñaṁ\*) for man (\*manuṣo\*) to sacrifice (\*yajadhyai\*); urging forward at the \*vidathas\*, the (two) singers (\*kārū\*) pointing out the ancient light through the the fore-regions.⁴ - [Previous: c7.473](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.473) - [Next: c7.475](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.475) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.474](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.474) · Pramāṇa