SECTION LXVIII. (continued 1)
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Valmiki and Dutt, Manmatha Nath
Source notes
[259]
By the impious. Another reading is duravaram—incapable of being approached by the enemy.—T.
[260]
Vide Othello.—T.
[261]
The car Pushpaka, according to Tirtha, whose view is accepted by Rāmānuja. According to Kataka, Vesma means a bedchamber of husband and wife.—T.
[262]
i. e. on Pushpaka.—T.
[263]
i. e. four-cornered, The Earth, in Hindu cosmogony, is a flat surface having four corners.—T.
[264]
Svarga is the region where persons reap the fruit of Jyotishtoma, etc. Siddhi is Illusion spread by Gandharbas.—T.
[265]
By the superior splendour of Rāvana.—T.
[266]
Shatpada—six-footed—a name of the black bee.—T.
[267]
Salilodbhavas,—water-sprung—a name of the lotus.—T.
[268]
Kadamva—a drake; or, according to some, a teal; a gander; or the species gallinula porphyria.—T.
[269]
i.e. the faces of the females are meant. Another meaning is, gold for large lotuses.—T.
[270]
Vilāsa may also mean arch displays by way of coquetry.—T.
[271]
Yasa, according to some, here means grace.—T.
[272]
The sense is very imperspicuous only by reason of the unskilful use of the pronouns. The damsels kissed did not resent the act; but kissed the kissers in turn.—T.
[273]
March-April.
[274]
In consequence also, remarks the commentator, of the uniformity running through the ornaments, as well as of the close contact of the persons of the ladies.—T.
[275]
The commentator throws out a conjecture that artificial figures are here meant; which mechanically performed the function herein assigned to them.—T.
[276]
The commentator, however, interprets: like an elephant. Serpent is, I fancy, a happy rendering of nāga.—T.
[277]
i. e. celestial females.—T.
[278]
A kind of musical instrument.—T.