Manava Dharmashastra 4.113

4.113

nīhāro diṅmoho bhūmiketyanarthāntaram | bāṣparajovṛtā iva yena diśaḥ kriyante | bāṇaśabdaḥ śaranirghoṣaḥ | dantyoṣṭhyamanye paṭhanti vyācakṣate ca vīṇā 'bāṇa' iti | mahāvrate hi prayogo dṛśyate | śatatantrīko bhavati vīṇā vitantrīti ca | caturdaśyām—ubhayorapi pakṣayoḥ | aṣṭakāśca sarvā aṣṭamyaḥ—smṛtyantarasamācārābhyām | anye tvaṣṭamīṣvityevaṃ paṭhanti |

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Fog’—when it is too dark to know the directions properly; it is also called ‘dhūmikā;’ during which the atmosphere appears as if covered with vapour and dust.

‘Sound of arrows’—whizzing of arrows.

Some people read ‘vāṇa,’ in which case, vāṇa stands for the Lute; the use of this is met with in connection with the ‘Mahāvrata’-Rite. The Lute has a hundred strings, and it is also without strings.

‘On the fourteenth day’—of each fortnight.

‘Eighth day’—all the eighth days; as is clear from other Smṛti texts, as also from usage.

Others read ‘aṣṭamīṣu’ (for ‘aṣṭakāsu’).—(113).