260 ([return])
[ Literally, “the animals kept the Pandavas to their right.”]
261 ([return])
[ Dasaratha’s son Rama, during his exile, slew the monkey-chief Bali, the brother of Sugriva, while Bali was engaged with Sugriva in battle. Bali had not done any injury to Rama. That act has always been regarded as a stain on Rama.]
262 ([return])
[ I expand the original to make the sense clear.]
263 ([return])
[ The first line of the 23rd verse in the Bengal editions, is made the second line of that verse in the Bombay text. There seems to be a mistake, however, in both the texts. Vishnu slew Hiranyakasipu without allowing the latter to say anything unto him. Vide Vishnu Purana. If instead of Hiranyakasipu Harim, the rendering be Hiranyakasipu Haris, the line may then be connected with Bhima’s speech, and the comparison would become more apposite.]
264 ([return])
[ The Nishadas were and to this day are the lowest caste in India.]