(d) The Rigvedic society was a free society. The Aryans evidently preferred male child to female child. However, females were as free as their male counterparts. Education was equally open...
Snake
Mongoose
(ii) tried to mesmerize the mongoose
• refused to look into the snake's eyes
(vi) struck on the side that the mongoose pretended to attack
• pretended to attack the cobra on side
(v) struck again...