nconquerable. Thence one
should do work in this direction, and have it done there; for such a
one (alone) is able to clear off his debts." HAUG'S _Aitareya
Brahmanam_, Vol. II, p. 33.

The debts here spoken of are a man's religious obligations to the
Gods, the Pitaras or Manes, and men.

190 Vishnu.

191 "It appears to me that this mythical story has reference to the
volcanic phenomena of nature. Kapil may very possibly be that hidden
fiery force which suddenly unprisons itself and bursts forth in
volcanic effects. Kapil is, moreover, one of the names of Agni the
God of Fire." GORRESIO.

192 Garud was the son of Kasyap and Vinata.

193 Garud.

194 A famous and venerated region near the Malabar coast.

195 That is four fires and the sun.

196 Heaven.

197 Wind-Gods.

198 Siva.

199 The lake Vindu does not exist. Of the seven rivers here mentioned
two only, the Ganges and the Sindhu or Indus, are known to
geographers. Hladini means the Gladdener, Pavani the Purifier,
Nalini the Lotus-Clad, and Suchakshu the Fair-eyed.

200 The First or Golden Age.

201 Diti and Aditi were wives of Kasyap, and mothers respectively of
Titans and Gods.

202 One of the seven seas surrounding as many worlds in concentric
rings.

203 Sankar and Rudra are names of Siva.

204 "Sarngin, literally _carrying a bow of horn_, is a constantly
recurring name of Vishnu. The Indians also, therefore, knew the art
of making bows out of the hons of antelopes or wild goats, which
Homer ascribes to the Trojans of the heroic age." SCHLEGEL.

205 Dhanvantari, the physician of the Gods.

206 The poet plays upon the word and fancifully derives it from _apsu_,
the locative case plural of _ap_, water, and _rasa_, taste.{~HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS~} The
word is probably derived from _ap_, water, and _sri_, to go, and
seems to signify _inhabitants of the water_, nymphs of the stream;
or, as Goldstuecker thinks (Dict. s.v.) these divinities were
originally personifications of the vapours which are attracted by
the sun and form into mist or clouds.

207 "_Sura_, in the feminine comprehends all sorts of intoxicating
liquors, many kinds of which the Indians from the earliest times
distilled and prepared from rice, sugar-cane, the palm tree, and
various flowers and