antarddhane

Updated: May 12, 2025

Payasa is rice boiled in sugar and milk. Antarddhane implies 'in darkness'; hence one should always examine the bed with a light before one lies down on it. Pranan, the commentator explains, implies the upper holes of the body, such as the nostrils, the ear-holes and the eyes.

- The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4: Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18