190. Kala-ratri is the Night that precedes the universal dissolution.
191. The commentator thinks that uttaram means the sacred north.
192. Tirtha means here a Ghat, i.e., an easy descent from the bank for access to the water.
193. Pradhanatah is explained by the commentator to mean with foremost of Vedic mantras.
194. Mandakini is that part of the river Ganga which flows through Kailasa, while Nalini is a celebrated lake owned by the king of the Yakshas, so called because of the lotuses which occur there in plenty.
195. Divya is excellent Gandharva, meaning music and dance.
196. A woman is said to destroy a family by staining it with her unchastity.
197. Both the vernacular translators have totally misunderstood the second line. Asyatam is explained by the commentator as tushnim sthiyatam. Ruchitahchcchandah means chcchandah or yearning arises from ruchi or like. What the Rishi says is, 'As yet I do not yearn after thy company, for I do not like thee. Of course, if, after staying with thee for some time, I begin to like thee, I may then feel a yearning for thee!'
198. Utsaditah is explained by the commentator to mean chalitah. Here, however, I think it does not mean so.
199. The last words may also mean—'Go to thy own bed and rest by thyself!'