321. These fences were made of iguana skins and cased the hands of the bowmen up to a few inches of the elbow-joint. 322. Nimitta is explained by Nilakantha as the mark of object aimed at. D... Read more

291. ‘That’ evidently refers to sacrifice, penance, and gift, in the clause before. The commentators, however, suggest that it may, besides, refer to Brahma. I am myself not sure... Read more

266. Karya-karana-karttritwa is explained by both Sankara and Sreedhara to mean “the capacity of working (residing) in the body and the senses.” K. T. Telang adopts this. Mr. Dav... Read more

236. Vistarasya evidently refers (as explained by all the commentators) to Vibhutinam. it is a question of grammar and not of doctrine that there can be any difference of opinion. Mr. Davies... Read more

Bring also my variegated, beautiful, and excellent standard, made of gold, possessed of the effulgence of the lotus, and bearing the device of the elephant’s girth, cleaning it with a... Read more

slain by the Pandavas, attainest to heaven, I shall then, on a single car, slay all of them, whom thou regardest as great car-warriors.’ Having said this, mighty-armed Karna of great f... Read more

201. Without leaving anything, i.e., entirely. 202. The Divine-Word i.e., the Vedas. So great is the efficacy of devotion that one merely enquiring of it transcends him who conforms to the r... Read more

161. The word rendered “nature” is prakriti. It really implies “primal matter.” 162. The second line, literally rendered, is “deeming that qualities engage in q... Read more

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