[141]Musical instruments.
[142]Lit, fair-feathered, a name of Garura.—r.
[143]Another text reads vinisvasantan, joining it to narendram—foremopst of men.—T.
[144]Three consecutive showers, favourable to the crops.—T.
[145]Another reading is; What becomes of the virtue that we expect at thy hands?— T.
[146]The meaning is,—Trees will please Rāghava by spreading for him a bed of leaves and flowers.—T.
[147]The N. W. P. text has an additional couplet:—How will that exalted lady, Janaka's daughter, ever engaged in enjoyment, bear misery?—T.
[148]The N. W. P. text has an additional line:—And of the reprehensible Kaikeyi intent upon cruel deeds.—T.
[149]Varieties of deer.— T.
[150]When an eminent guest came to a person's house, he offered madhuparka, with a bull which was killed for his entertainment.—T.