Volume 2 / Book 3 — Chapter XVI.
C. H. (Charles Henry) Tawney translation
Story of Kuntí.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · This is literally true. The king was addicted to the vyasana or vice of hunting.Note 2 · I read hastagraháyogyám for the áhastagraháyogyám of Dr. Brockhaus.Note 3 · The flower closes when the sun sets.Note 4 · To keep up his character as a Bráhman boy.Note 5 · I read dáhaishiná.Note 6 · This applies also to the god of love who bewilders the mind.Note 7 · Kara means hand, and also tribute.Note 8 · I read iva for eva.Note 9 · Reading taddvárasthitamahattaram as one word.Note 10 · There was once a king named Kuntibhoja; and a hermit of the name of Durvásas, who was exceedingly fond of deluding people, came and stayed iNote 11 · “So the hermit remained there, and in the same way this Ávantiká, who is now staying in your palace, is some distinguished person, thereforeNote 12 · In the meanwhile the king of Vatsa, who had wandered away into very distant hunting-grounds, returned late in the evening to Lávánaka. And tNote 13 · Then the king of Vatsa set out from that place, after his attendants had eaten and drunk, together with his ministers, escorting his bride P