[7]. Bhagatia is ‘a devotee’: the term is here applied reproachfully to Jai Singh, on account of his very religious habits.
[8]. [Rather millet, Pennisetum typhoideum.]
[9]. The clan of the Bansko chief.
[10]. The witch of India is termed Dakini.
[11]. A title of Siva, god of destruction, the ‘three-eyed.’
[12]. Though the bard does not state, it is to be supposed that the main body came up and caused this movement.
[13]. This singular piece of Rajput history, in the Annals of Mārwār, is confirmed by every particular in the “one hundred and nine acts” of the Great Jai Singh of Amber. The foe does ample justice to Rathor valour.
[14]. [A pun on Kachhwāha, Kachhua, ‘a tortoise,’ and the sacred Kusa, grass, poa cynosuroides.]
[15]. [Nādir Shāh, King of Persia, invaded India and defeated the forces of the Emperor, Muhammad Shāh, at Karnāl, near the historic field of Pānīpat on February 13, 1739; entered Delhi, which was sacked and a terrible massacre perpetrated, and returned home with the Peacock Throne and immense treasures.]
[16]. The heir of Idar is heir presumptive to the gaddi of Marwar.