“No son remains in King Dushyanta’s place”
“To offer sacred homage to the dead”
“Of Purus’ noble line: my ancestors”
“Must drink these glistening tears the last libation”
“A childless man can ever hope to make them.”
Sir M. Monier-William’s Translation.
A local name for Durga: most towns in Bengal have some local deity representing Durga: at Krishnaghar the local deity is Ananda Maye.
Literally— “Were performing the shraddha of Vedavyasa,” the reputed author of the Mahabharata.
It was no uncommon thing formerly at great men’s houses for uninvited guests to attend in some numbers, solely for the purpose of creating a disturbance.
One of the preliminary ceremonies of a Hindoo marriage, is for the bridegroom elect to put a thread on his right hand, on the day preceding the night of the marriage (a Hindoo marriage cannot take place before the evening twilight).