From heaven to hell,
For thee and thine
Therein to dwell.”
[21]. The high-priest.
[22]. All these are royalties, and the Rana was much blamed, even by his Vaishnava ministers, for sacrificing them even to Kanhaiya.
[23]. Followers of Vishnu, Krishna, or Kanhaiya, chiefly mercantile.
[24]. Many merchants, by the connivance of the conductors of the caravans of Nathji’s goods, contrived to smuggle their goods to Nathdwara, and to the disgrace of the high-priest or his underlings, this traffic was sold for their personal advantage. It was a delicate thing to search these caravans, or to prevent the loss to the State from the evasion of the duties. The Rana durst not interfere lest he might incur the penalty of his own anathemas. The Author’s influence with the high-priest put a stop to this.
[25]. This extent of sanctuary is an innovation of the present Rana’s, with many others equally unwise.
[26]. Lands for the queens or others of the immediate household.
[27]. Father of the present high-priest, Damodarji.