125 ([return])
[ Twilight is herself the goddess who is supposed to be adored by certain prayers and on the occasion.]

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126 ([return])
[ These slaps mark the cadences.]

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127 ([return])
[ Literally, ‘in crossing.‘]

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128 ([return])
[ The Bengal reading Satyavrataiv in the first line of 9 is vicious. I adopt the Bombay reading Satyaratas, qualifying tara. To suppose that Krishna paid such a complement to the Kauravas as is implied by the Bengal reading is an absurdity.]

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129 ([return])
[ i.e. added his voice to that of Jayadratha, requesting Drona to protect the latter.]

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