Part 24

'Merchant of Venice,' IV. 1, 123 (Globe edition).

'Now is it Rome indeed, and room enough, When there is in it but one only man.'

'Julius Cæsar,' I. 2, 156.

[26] V. 'Sahitya-Darpana,' § 664.

[27] Ibid., § 718-722.

[28] Ibid., § 738.

[29] V. Peterson, 'Kadambari,' p. 36.

[30] Cf. Spenser's stanzas on Mutability.

[31] V. infra, p. 208.

[32] V. infra, p. 2.

[33] The list looks long, but the pages in the 'Nirnaya-Sagara' edition contain frequently but few lines, and many of the omissions are a line or two of oft-repeated similes.

[34] Beginning at p. 566 of the 'Nirnaya-Sagara' edition.

[35] I here take the opportunity to acknowledge what by an oversight was omitted in its proper place, my indebtedness to Professor Cowell for the rendering into English verse of two couplets given on pp. 11 and 113.

[36] As the three Vedas, or the triad.

[37] Vishnu Purana, Bk. v., ch. 33.

[38] His guru.

[39] Rasa = (a) the eight rasas; (b) love.

[40] Çayya = (a) composition; (b) couch.

[41] (a) Which sparkle with emphatic words and similes; (b) like flashing lamps.

[42] (a) Pun; (b) proximity.

[43] Hanging on his ear (as an ornament).

[44] In the case of elephants, 'having their ichor regulated by a proper regimen.'

[45] With renowned warriors on their backs.

[46] Having trunks as thick as sacrificial posts.

[47] I.e., Vasavadatta and the Brihatkatha; or, r., advitiya, unrivalled.

[48] (a) Unconquerable in might; (b) having unconquerable shafts.

[49] In the case of Brahma, 'he made his chariot of flamingoes.'

[50] (a) His hand was wet with a stream of constant giving; (b) the trunk was wet with ichor.

[51] Or, to the sun's orb.

[52] Vinata = (a) mother of Garuda; (b) humble.

[53] Or, caste.

[54] Or, fines of gold.

[55] Or, fickle affections.

[56] Had, mada = (a) pride; (b) ichor.

[57] Or, breaking away from virtue.

[58] Or, tribute.

[59] In autumn, the hamsas, or wild geese, return.

[60] Or, bamboos.

[61] Ram. I. 60.

[62] He had (a) great faults; (b) a long arm.

[63] Dark.

[64] I.e., imposed no heavy tribute.

[65] Or, 'with citra and çravana,' lunar mansions.

[66] Or, living creatures.

[67] (a) Of lowly birth; (b) not dwelling on earth.

[68] (a) Candala; (b) elephant.

[69] Or, ajati, without caste.

[70] Alaka = (a) curls; (b) a city.

[71] Or, whose love would be a reproach.

[72] A verse in the arya measure.

[73] Vipula, Acala, and Çaça, characters in the Brihatkatha. Or, broad mountains and hares.

[74] Varuna, tree; varuna, wine.

[75] Or, with lightning.

[76] Constellations. The moon was supposed to have a deer dwelling in it.

[77] (a) The cowries held by the suite; (b) different kinds of deer.

[78] (a) Rocky; (b) having Çiva.

[79] Kuça: (a) Sita's son; (b) grass. Niçacara: (a) Ravana; (b) owls.

[80] (a) Mark of aloes on the brow; (b) tilaka trees and aloe trees all bright.

[81] (a) Love; (b) madana trees.

[82] As an amulet.

[83] Name of an ornament.

[84] Wine-cups.

[85] (a) Halls; (b) çal trees.

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

[87] (a) Arrows; (b) reeds.

[88] (a) Trees; (b) eyes.

[89] (a) As tamala trees (very dark); (b) with tamala trees.

[90] Virata, a king who befriended the Pandavas. The chief of his army was named Kicaka. F. Mbh., Bk. iv., 815. Kicaka 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 Ravana,' i.e. his sister. He was loved by Ravana's sister.

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

[98] Çalmali = 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 Vanamala,' Krishna's chaplet.

[103] Tara = (a) wife of Sugriva, the monkey king; (b) star.

[104] Mountaineer.

[105] Arjuna, or Karttavirya, was captured by Ravana when sporting in the Nerbuddha, and was killed by Paraçurama. V. Vishnu Purana, Bk. iv., ch. 11.

[106] Dushana was one of Ravana's generals; Khara was Ravana's brother, and was slain by Rama.

[107] Cf. Uttararamacarita, Act V.

[108] Ekalavya, king of the Nishadas, killed by Krishna. Mbh., I., 132.

[109] Or, curls.

[110] V. Harivamça, 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] Naga = (a) elephant; (b) snake.

[116] Or, Çikhandi, a son of Drupada, a friend of the Pandavas.

[117] Or, mirage.

[118] Or, eager for the Manasa lake. The Vidyadhara was a good or evil genius attending the gods. V. Kulluka on Manu, xii., 47.

[119] Yojanagandha, mother of Vyasa.

[120] Or, 'bearing the form of Bhima.' He was Bhima's son. V. Mbh., I., 155.

[121] (a) Crescent moon of Çiva; (b) eyes of peacocks' tails.

[122] Hiranyakaçipu. V. Harivamça, 225.

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

[124] Or, loving blood.

[125] Nishadas = (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, Durga.

[130] Or, mountain.

[131] (a) Magnanimity; (b) great strength.

[132] Anabhibhavaniya°.

[133] (a) Awakening cry; (b) moral law.

[134] Owls are supposed to be descendants of the sage Viçvamitra.

[135] As omens.

[136] Piçitaçna, 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, Çrama.

[140] Lit., 'To have been an extract from.'

[141] Sacred to Indra, and burnt by Agni with the help of Arjuna and Krishna.

[142] Three horizontal lines.

[143] Truth in thought, word, and deed.

[144] Read, Nishpatata.

[145] Nilapandu, 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) Kripa = compassion; (b) Kripa was the teacher of Açvatthama, or Drauni.

[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 Krishna. Harivamça­­, 122.

[157] Or, had stars tawny at the junction of night and day.

[158] Lit., (a) Holding all his passions in firm restraint; (b) having the axle of its wheels firm.

[159] Lit., (a) He had a body wasted by secret performance of penance; (b) he brought to nought the enemies' plans of battle by secret counsel and by his army.

[160] Or, having caves with whirlpools and the circles of shells oblique.

[161] Or, quays.

[162] (a) Perhaps Pushkara, the place of pilgrimage in Ajmere; (b) lotus-grove.

[163] (a) Having entrance into great halls; (b) being absorbed in Brahma.

[164] Or, salvation.

[165] Or, inflicted punishment; or, though intent on the Sama veda, he was yet a dandi; i.e., an ascetic who despises ritual.

[166] Having beautiful matted locks.

[167] (a) Having no left eye; (b) having no crooked glances.

[168] R. V., x. 190.

[169] Another kind of bread-tree.

[170] The Commentary explains it as 'Veda.'

[171] The tridandaka or three staves of the mendicant Brahman who has resigned the world.

[172] Or, impassioned glances.

[173] (a) Moulting; (b) partisanship.

[174] Bala = (a) hair; (b) children.

[175] Rama, woman.

[176] Çakuni = (a) a bird; (b) Duryodhana's uncle.

[177] Vayu = (a) wind; (b) breath.

[178] (a) Teeth; (b) Brahmans.

[179] Or, dullness.

[180] Or, seeking prosperity.

[181] Or, seek enjoyment.

[182] Or good fortune.

[183] The Garhapatya, Dakshina, and Ahavaniya fires.

[184] Proverbial phrase for clearness.

[185] Vishnu Purana, vi., ch. 3, 'The seven solar rays dilate to seven suns, and set the three worlds on fire.'

[186] Lit., 'is leader of.'

[187] Or, caprice.

[188] Vishnu Purana, i., 123.

[189] Semi-divine beings dwelling between the earth and the sun.

[190] Tara = (a) stars; (b) wife of Brihaspati, carried away by the moon.

[191] (a) "Wife of the sage Vaçishtha; (b) the morning star.

[192] (a) Constellation; (b) staff borne during a vow.

[193] (a) Constellation; (b) roots for the hermits' food.

[194] Or, constellation.

[195] Çiva.

[196] Caste.

[197] Friends.

[198] I.e., king, minister, and energy.

[199] Or, misfortune.

[200] An ordeal.

[201] An ordeal.

[202] (a) Clearing of the waters after the rainy season; (b) ordeal of poison.

[203] (a) Magic; (b) practice of Yoga.

[204] (a) Lit., 'tearing out of eyes;' (b) slaughter of the demon Taraka by Kartikeya.

[205] A star in the Scorpion's tail.

[206] Seizing of tribute.

[207] Or, having his body united. V. Dowson, 'Classical Dictionary.'

[208] Having fortresses subdued.

[209] These are teachers of the gods and heroes.

[210] Vishnu.

[211] Lit., 'firm.'

[212] (a) The gods; (b) love.

[213] Four was the number of the oceans and of the arms of Narayana.

[214] The divine mothers, or personified ener