10, II. The nipple with its areola, compared to a Shiva-lingam with the digit of the moon that Shiva wears in his hair. Cf. [XVI], 10, 11.
6. Lakshmī, consort of Vishnu and goddess of beauty and fortune.
8, 9. This message implies, by the lock of hair that he would leave the world as a shaven monk if Rādhā would not yield. Flowers and pān (betel) are an 'olive-branch.' A blade of grass is sometimes held in the mouth to swear by, and here means sincerity.
6. The sandal is the best of trees, the shālmāl the worst.
10. Evidently a popular proverb—cf. 'The leopard cannot change its spots.'