The commentator gives a maxim that one should enter avoiding the main door (of the town) in order to conquer the enemy, according to a quote from ‘Nitismrti’. It is also implied that when one gets in with the left foot first it shows that the foot is set, as it were, on the head of the enemy and it leads to victory.
Demons following householders’ rituals 5.4.15
‘diksitan, jatilan, mundin’, are ‘house-holders’, ‘forest-dwellers’, ‘mendicants’ respectively. The question is, since Lanka lies outside the land of Bharata how could the demons in Lanka take to householder’s life since it is not a land (meant) for rituals?
The commentator views that those who are not inhabitants of land of Bharata are also entitled to daily rituals. There were also rituals aimed at desired objects as demonstrated by Ravana and such others who earned mysterious powers by penance. ‘The commentator quotes Satapatha Brahmana in this context. ‘Thus even the gods performed yajnas, although a little change is made’ and according to the commentary. They do so when their limbs are handicapped. Their desire is fulfilled in the form of the birth of Vrtra. They could accomplish although there was handicap of limbs, place and form as in the case of Vrtra. The demons are also said to have divine origin.
Darbha 5.4.16
In order to prevent evils some people hold on ‘darbha’ grass in their fists while at the time of performance says the Smrti. Just as the thunderbolt is held in the hands of Indra, ‘darbha’ grass is held in the hands of a Brahmana while they intend to kill their enemies by means of power and use fire pits as their weapons’.
Entering enemy’s abode 5.4.2-3
The commentator gives a maxim that one should enter avoiding the main door (of the town) in order to conquer the enemy, according to a quote from ‘Nitismrti’. It is also implied that when one gets in with the left foot first it shows that the foot is set, as it were, on the head of the enemy and it leads to victory.
Demons following householders’ rituals 5.4.15
‘diksitan, jatilan, mundin’, are ‘house-holders’, ‘forest-dwellers’, ‘mendicants’ respectively. The question is, since Lanka lies outside the land of Bharata how could the demons in Lanka take to householder’s life since it is not a land (meant) for rituals?
The commentator views that those who are not inhabitants of land of Bharata are also entitled to daily rituals. There were also rituals aimed at desired objects as demonstrated by Ravana and such others who earned mysterious powers by penance. ‘The commentator quotes Satapatha Brahmana in this context. ‘Thus even the gods performed yajnas, although a little change is made’ and according to the commentary. They do so when their limbs are handicapped. Their desire is fulfilled in the form of the birth of Vrtra. They could accomplish although there was handicap of limbs, place and form as in the case of Vrtra. The demons are also said to have divine origin.
Darbha 5.4.16
In order to prevent evils some people hold on ‘darbha’ grass in their fists while at the time of performance says the Smrti. Just as the thunderbolt is held in the hands of Indra, ‘darbha’ grass is held in the hands of a Brahmana while they intend to kill their enemies by means of power and use fire pits as their weapons’.