[157] Literally: on whose body the hairs stood up.
[158] The placidity of his senses is indicative of his having subdued his evil passions, so that he could give a satisfactory account of his royal occupations. In the Pâli redactions of our story, each question is immediately followed by its answer, which is affirmative, of course, and the wording of which exactly corresponds to the question.
[159] Or perhaps: tends to the happiness of both (his subjects and himself).
[160] Cp. Story XIII, stanzas 38, 39.
[161] Viz. the speaker and the listener.
[162] This name means '(possessing) great wisdom.'
[163] Our author never forgets to point out the importance of the possession of much punya, cp. Story XIV, p. 133, and Story XV, p. 136.
[164] Cp. Story VI, stanza 30.
[165] Viz. as the effect of his divine eye (divyam kakshuh), one of the five abhigñâs.
[166] The last words are the usual complimentary blessing said to ascetics. When asking after their health, it is similarly said: 'is your penance successful?'