[61] Or perhaps, ‘not caring for the fascination of the beauty of Rāvaṇa,’ i.e. his sister. He was loved by Rāvaṇa’s sister.
[62] Does this refer to the reflection of the sky in its clear water?
[63] Çālmalī = silk cotton-tree.
[64] Lit., ‘striving upwards to see.’
[65] Indra’s wood.
[66] Çakuni = (a) bird; (b) name of Duryodhana’s supporter.
[67] Or, ‘by Vanamālā,’ Kṛishṇa’s chaplet.
[68] Tārā = (a) wife of Sugrīva, the monkey king; (b) star.
[69] Mountaineer.
[70] Arjuna, or Kārttavīrya, was captured by Rāvaṇa when sporting in the Nerbuddha, and was killed by Paraçurāma. V. Vishṇu Purāṇa, Bk. iv., ch. 11.