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426 ([return])
[ i.e., just before setting.]

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427 ([return])
[ Krishna-sarathis (Bombay); the Bengal reading is Vanaradhvajas.]

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428 ([return])
[ The true reading, I think, is that of the Bombay text, viz., namabhis. The Bengal reading is manobhis. How can persons challenge each other mentally, although they may single out their antagonists so?

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429 ([return])
[ Nagas, which may mean both stones and trees. In either case, the comparison would apply.]

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430 ([return])
[ His pledge, viz., that in battle he would slay all the sons of Dhritarashtra.]