Part 13 (2/2)

[228] Or, arrogance.

[229] Or, stupidity.

[230] Or, wealth.

[231] Or, ill-fortune.

[232] Balam = (a) strength; (b) army. Laghuma = (a) lightness; (b) triviality.

[233] Vigrahavati = (a) having a body; (b) full of strife.

[234] Purushottama, i.e., Vishnu.

[235] The rainy season sends away the hamsas.

[236] Lit., their limbs fail them.

[237] Which have a strong scent.

[238] Men having throbbing eyes.

[239] (a) A n.o.ble man; (b) fire.

[240] Or, drink.

[241] Or, taxes.

[242] Like Vishnu.

[243] Like civa.

[244] Lit., 'inlaid.'

[245] Or, kesara flowers.

[246] Recaka, so commentary.

[247] Both trees of paradise.

[248] The quarter of catakratu or Indra.

[249] All auspicious signs. Cakra is (a) a quoit; (b) a cakravaka.

[250] (a) A demon; (b) the heron.

[251] For the love of snakes for the breeze, V. Raghuvamca, XIII., 12, and Buddhacarita, I., 44. Snakes are sometimes called vayubaksha.

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