265 ([return])
[ The Bengal reading is vicious, I adopt the Bombay reading which is Surorgurunsha bhuyopi, meaning, “this preceptor again.” The fact is, Arjuna was Satyaki’s preceptor; Drona, therefore, was the latter’s preceptor’s preceptor.]
266 ([return])
[ Kimpurushas were fabled creatures, half men and steeds. Not a mountain but had its Kimpurushas, according to the Hindu belief. Yakshas were a sort of superhuman beings inhabiting inaccessible hills and mountains.]
267 ([return])
[ I adopt the Bombay reading of the 2nd line of 35 and think that Nilakantha explains it correctly.]
268 ([return])
[ I adopt the Bombay reading.]
269 ([return])
[ Nilakantha explains this to mean that when he became unconnected with the world, rising superior to everything connected with the world.]