When I live in the order of the Nagas I then act as a Naga, and when I live in the order of Yakshas or that of Rakshasas, I act after the manner of that order.
नागयोनौ यदा चैव तथा वर्तामि नागवत्। यक्षराक्षसयोन्योस्तु यथावद् विचराम्यहम्॥ ।