he bed with a light before one lies down on it.

465. Pranan, the commentator explains, implies the upper holes of the
body, such as the nostrils, the ear-holes and the eyes.

466. The Brahmana is more powerful than the other two, for while the
other two cannot injure except when they have their foe within sight,
the Brahmana can do so even by not seeing his enemy.

467. The custom in India, with especially all orthodox Brahmanas, is to
wear a single flower on the head, inserted into the coronal lock. This
flower may be a red one, it is said, after the prohibition in the
previous verse about the wearing of garlands made of red flowers.

468. What is stated here is that dry perfumes should not be used, but
those which are pounded with water and made into a paste.

469. The cloth worn by a Hindu has two lateral fringes which contain a
lesser number of threads than the body of the cloth.

470. It has been said that Hinduism is a vast system of personal hygiene.
These directions about change of attire are scrupulously observed by
every rigid Hindu to this day. No change seems to have taken place in the
daily habits of the people.

471. Priyangu is the Aglaia Roxburghiana. Vilwa is the Egle marmelos.
Tagara is the Taberuaemontana coronaria, Linn. Kesara is probably the
Eclipta alba, Hassk.

472. Na is the nom. sing. of Nri, implying man.

473. One of the Vernacular translations takes valena as signifying child
and para-sraddha as meaning the first or adya sraddha.

474. This noise refers to that of chewing or sucking or licking, etc. It
is an ugly habit with some people.

475. Doubting, for example, as to whether he would be able to digest it
or not, or whether what he is taking is clean or not, or whether it would
be too much for him.

476. In offering certain articles at the Sraddha, the articles are first
placed on this part of the right hand and then offered with due Mantras
to the Pitris.

477. The achamana is not exactly washing, when one is directed to perform
the achamana after having eaten, there it, of course, implies an act of
washing. At the commencement, however, of religious acts, the rite of
achamana consists in merely touching the lips and some other parts with
water.

478. The Brahmana's aid is necessary in selecting the ground, and
settling the longitudinal and other directions of the house, as also in
fixing the day of commencing the work of building.

479. I adopt the meaning which Nilak