to the calf's mother that "Runs lowing up and down, Looking the way
her harmless young one went." "Cows," says De Quincey, "are amongst
the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate
tenderness to their young, when deprived of them, and, in short, I
am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these gentle creatures."

288 The commentators say that, in a former creation, Ocean grieved his
mother and suffered in consequence the pains of hell.

289 As described in Book I Canto XL.

290 Parasurama.

291 The Sanskrit word _hasta_ signifies both _hand_, and the trunk of
"The beast that bears between his eyes a serpent for a head."

292 See P. 41.

293 The first progeny of Brahma or Brahma himself.

294 These are three names of the Sun.

295 See P. 1.

296 The saints who form the constellation of Ursa Major.

297 The regent of the planet Venus.

298 Kuvera.

_ 299 Bali_, or the presentation of food to all created beings, is one of
the five great sacraments of the Hindu religion: it consists in
throwing a small parcel of the offering, _Ghee_, or rice, or the
like, into the open air at the back of the house.

300 In mythology, a demon slain by Indra.

301 Called also Garud, the King of the birds, offspring of Vinata. See
p. 53.

302 See P. 56.

303 See P. 43.

304 The story of Savitri, told in the Mahabharat, has been admirably
translated by Rueckert, and elegantly epitomized by Mrs. Manning in
_India, Ancient and Mediaeval_. There is a free rendering of the
story in _Idylls from the Sanskrit_.

305 Fire for sacrificial purposes is produced by the attrition of two
pieces of wood.

306 Kaikeyi.

307 The chapel where the sacred fire used in worship is kept.

308 The students and teachers of the Taittiriya portion of the Yajur
Veda.

309 Two of the divine personages called _Prajapatis_ and _Brahmadikas_
who were first created by Brahma.

310 It was the custom of the kings of the solar dynasty to resign in
their extreme old age the kingdom to the heir, and spend the
remainder of their days in holy meditation in the forest:

"For such through ages in their life's decline
Is the good custom of Ikshvaku's line."

_Raghuransa._

311 See Book I, Canto XXXIX. An Indian prince in more modern times
appears to ha