There is a popular belief that the hailstone acts as poison for the raktapucchika.
If the reading is tapteneva kusagnina, the meaning will be, when the fire of kusa grass is used to find the purity of gold, other metals like brass, which may appear like gold, are shown to be base metals. Similarly by your boasts, your own cowardice is exhibited. Do you not see me standing here with a mace in my hand? (The word gadadhara indicates that the mace is always successful).
Khara reprimands Rama 3.29.20
There is a popular belief that the hailstone acts as poison for the raktapucchika.
If the reading is tapteneva kusagnina, the meaning will be, when the fire of kusa grass is used to find the purity of gold, other metals like brass, which may appear like gold, are shown to be base metals. Similarly by your boasts, your own cowardice is exhibited. Do you not see me standing here with a mace in my hand? (The word gadadhara indicates that the mace is always successful).