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SECTION LXVIII. (continued 1)

Project Gutenberg EPUB edition Valmiki and Dutt, Manmatha Nath

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Rāvana had formerly laughed at Nandi for his monkey-face.—T.
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Lit.—giver of wealth—a designation of Kuvera.—T.
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By such an iniquitous act as this.—T.
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The parenthetical part is the commentator's filling in of the difficiency in the sentimcnt.—T.
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The commentator says, the passage means,—'Give up thy promise (to slay Hanumān) and abate thy anger.—T.
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There is a particle api, even, which stands in the way of this sloka fitting in with the context.—'Even those heroes who have mentally etc' is a lame reason why Hanumān, who had wronged Rāvana so outrageously in overt acts, should be let off.—T.
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This, as interpreted by Rāmānuya; but the sense is not satisfactory. How Hanumān's resistance would have anywise marred Rāma's joy, is not easy to understand.—T.
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Another meaning is:—Its places inacessible on account of works.—T.
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Publishing Hanumān's penalty.—T.
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Trikuta on which Lankā rested.—T.
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Remembering the incident of his seeing the mountain Maināka through Sitā, Hanumān was put in mind of Sitā's superhuman power.—T.

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The Rāmāyana, Volume 2. Āranya, Kishkindhā, and Sundara Kāndam, Project Gutenberg eBook #57826

SECTION LXVII. (continued 2)