[1] Here there is a pun: ákula may also mean “by descent.”
[2] Kulíná may mean falling on the earth, referring to the shade of the tree. Márgasthá means “in the right path” when applied to the wife.
[3] I. e. Madam Contentious. Her husband’s name means “of lion-like might.”
[4] I read (after Böhtlingk and Roth) Ityakápara. See Chapter 34. śl. 115.
[5] Tejas = also means might, courage. For the idea see note on page [305].
[6] Sneha which means love, also means oil. This is a fruitful source of puns in Sanskrit.
[7] The Hindu Cupid.
[8] Infinitely longer than a mortal kalpa. A mortal kalpa lasts 432 million years.
[9] He is often called Ananga, the bodiless, as his body was consumed by the fire of Śiva’s eye.