Antipathy to the Rajasuya Why ?

The Rajasuya (ancient indian royal consecration) is one of the major sacrifices in the Vedic ritualism Even though this sacrihce has been sometimes bigbly glorified, it is worthy to be noted that some times in both the Vedic as well as Puranic literature there appears to be some kind of antipathy to- wards it Thus

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थिते वैदिक तथा पौराणिक साहित्य के उन अनेक स्थलों का संकलन करते हैं जहाँ राजसूय को संकटकारी कहा गया है— अभिषिक्त राजा का वीर्य, पयस्, वाक् और देवता छूट जाते हैं, उन्हें लौटाने के लिए पुरोडाश तथा साम जोड़े गए हैं। अन्त में इस विरोध का कारण बताया गया है। Thite collects the many Vedic and Puranic passages that treat the Rajasuya as dangerous: the consecrated king loses valour, milk, speech and the gods themselves, and expiatory offerings and samans are inserted to win them back. He then offers an explanation of this hostility.

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