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Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems

Note 32 — BOOK II.

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p. 7. l. 15. Thus addressed by holy Sakra. Sakra, a name of Indra.

Hail, Dyapeter, dismay to Bala's pride, Or speaks Purander best thy martial fame, Or Sacra, mystic name.—Sir W. Jones, Hymn to Indra.

Bala and Vritra were the "giants" slain by Indra.

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