141. Most texts read Yudhaya Yujyaswa. A manuscript belonging to a friend of mine has the correction in red-ink, Yudhaya Yudhaya Yudhaywa. It accords so well with the spirit of the lesson so... Read more
116. The Bengal texts read, and as I think, correctly, Stutavanta enam. The Bombay reading is Srutavanta enam. In the case of regenerate Rishis and Siddhas it is scarcely necessary to say th... Read more
91. A Kshatriya failing bravely in fight at once goes to the highest regions of bliss. 92. Nilakantha in a long note explains that Magha Vishayagas Somas cannot mean that Soma or the Moon en... Read more
61. The Bombay texts read Tridiva for Nischita; this is incorrect, for Tridiva occurs in the Bombay text itself a little before. The name Lohatarini occurs in various forms. 62. For Vetravat... Read more
26. Parena is explained by Nilakantha as atisayena. 27. Some of the Bengal texts read anugraham (making the initial a silent after maharshe, in the vocative case). There can be no doubt howe... Read more
“‘Bhishma said,–If, indeed, thou art unable to cast off this fierce animosity, I permit thee, O Karna! Fight, moved by the desire of heaven! Without anger and without vindi... Read more
Past all instructions, he will certainly have to lie down for ever, overwhelmed by the might of Bhima!–Hearing these words of his, the Kuru king Duryodhana became of cheerless heart. E... Read more
‘Sanjaya continued,–“Then there came unto him some surgeons well trained (in their science) and skilled in plucking out arrows, with all becoming appliances (of their profe... Read more
SECTION CXXI Dhritarashtra said, ‘Alas, what was the state of (my) warriors, O Sanjaya, when they were deprived of the mighty and god-like Bhishma who had become a Brahmacharin for the... Read more
Saying these words, Bhishma, the valiant son of Santanu, as if for the object of consuming the Pandavas, hurled a dart at Partha. Partha, however, caused that dart to drop down, cutting it i... Read more
