230 ([return])
[ It is for this that I see thee with this head as a tribute.]

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231 ([return])
[ An arani is a cubit measuring from the elbow to the end of the little figure.]

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232 ([return])
[ Both reading, viz., asaktam and asaktam are correct. The former means ‘engaged’, the latter, ‘to the measure of his might!’

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233 ([return])
[ The second line of 85 is differently in the Bombay edition.]

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234 ([return])
[ Rakshasas at certain hours were believed to be inspired with greater strength.]

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