LITMIR.BIZ

86

(a) Clapping of hands; (b) palm-trees.

87

(a) Arrows; (b) reeds.

88

(a) Trees; (b) eyes.

89

(a) As tamāla trees (very dark); (b) with tamāla trees.

90

Virāṭa, a king who befriended the Pāṇḍavas. The chief of his army was named Kīcaka. F. Mbh., Bk. iv., 815. Kīcaka also means ‘bamboo.’

91

Or, the twinkling stars of the Deer constellation, pursued by the Hunter (a constellation).

92

Bark garments, matted locks, and rags of grass.

93

(a) Seven leaves; (b) a tree.

94

(a) Of fierce disposition; (b) full of wild beasts.

95

The sign of a vow.

96

Or perhaps, ‘not caring for the fascination of the beauty of Rāvaṇa,’ i. e. his sister. He was loved by Rāvaṇa’s sister.

97

Does this refer to the reflection of the sky in its clear water?

98

Çālmalī = silk cotton-tree.

99

Lit., ‘striving upwards to see.’

100

Indra’s wood.

101

Çakuni = (a) bird; (b) name of Duryodhana’s supporter.

102

Or, ‘by Vanamālā,’ Kṛishṇa’s chaplet.

103

Tārā = (a) wife of Sugrīva, the monkey king; (b) star.

104

Mountaineer.

105

Arjuna, or Kārttavīrya, was captured by Rāvaṇa when sporting in the Nerbuddha, and was killed by Paraçurāma. V. Vishṇu Purāṇa, Bk. iv., ch. 11.

106

Dūshaṇa was one of Rāvaṇa’s generals; Khara was Rāvaṇa’s brother, and was slain by Rāma.

107

Cf. Uttararāmacarita, Act V.

108

Ekalavya, king of the Nishādas, killed by Kṛishṇa. Mbh., I., 132.

109

Or, curls.

110

V. Harivaṃça, 83.

111

Or, with clouds.

112

She-rhinoceros.

113

Or, rainbows.

114

Ekacakra = (a) a city possessed by Vaka; (b) one army, or one quoit.

115

Nāga = (a) elephant; (b) snake.

116

Or, Çikhaṇḍi, a son of Drupada, a friend of the Pāṇḍavas.

117

Or, mirage.

118

Or, eager for the Mānasa lake. The Vidyādhara was a good or evil genius attending the gods. V. Kullūka on Manu, xii., 47.

119

Yojanagandhā, mother of Vyāsa.

120

Or, ‘bearing the form of Bhīma.’ He was Bhīma’s son. V. Mbh., I., 155.

121

(a) Crescent moon of Çiva; (b) eyes of peacocks’ tails.

122

Hiraṇyakaçipu. V. Harivaṃça, 225.

123

Or, an ambitious man surrounded by bards (to sing his praises).

124

Or, loving blood.

125

Nishādas = (a) mountaineers; (b) the highest note of the scale.

126

(a) Had passed many ages; (b) had killed many birds.

127

Or, great wealth.

128

Black.

129

Or, Durgā.

130

Or, mountain.

131

(a) Magnanimity; (b) great strength.

132

Anabhibhavanīyā°.

133

(a) Awakening cry; (b) moral law.

134

Owls are supposed to be descendants of the sage Viçvāmitra.

135

As omens.

136

Piçitāçna, a demon, or, according to the commentary here, a tiger.

137

Lit., ‘creating a doubt of.’

138

Cf. Emerson’s Essay on Experience: ‘Sleep lingers all our life-time about our eyes, as night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir-tree.’

139

Read, Çramā.

140

Lit., ‘To have been an extract from.’

141

Sacred to Indra, and burnt by Agni with the help of Arjuna and Kṛishṇa.

142

Three horizontal lines.

143

Truth in thought, word, and deed.

144

Read, Nishpatatā.

145

Nīlapānḍu, mottled blue and white. The Hindu penance is to be between five fires: four on earth and the sun above. V. Manu, vi. 23.

146

The sign of a vow.

147

(a) Bark garment; (b) bark of trees.

148

(a) Girdle. V. Manu, ii. 42; (b) mountain slope.

149

Or, the moon.

150

Or, with.

151

(a) Kṛipā = compassion; (b) Kṛipa was the teacher of Açvatthāma, or Drauṇi.

152

Or, Virgo, Cervus, the Pleiads and Draco.

153

(a) Having twilight drunk up; (b) having many faults eradicated.

154

Rajas = (a) dust; (b) passion.

155

In performance of a vow. V. Manu, vi. 23.

156

Or, ‘of the demon Naraka,’ slain by Kṛishṇa. Harivaṃça, 122.

157

Or, had stars

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